† accipientadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accipient-, accipiēns, accipere.

Etymology: < classical Latin accipient-, accipiēns, present participle of accipere accept v. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ̆ksi·piĕnt) /ækˈsɪpɪənt/.

Obsolete. rare.

That receives; accepting, recipient.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [adjective]

receptory1565

recipient1610

suscipient1649

accipient1730

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (at cited word) Accipient, receiving.

1890 J. H. Stirling Philos. & Theol. xviii. 355 If Mr. Darwin had said ‘Our ancestor was not an animal which breathed water, had no imperfect skull, and no great swimming tail, and was undoubtedly not a hermaphrodite,’ I question whether we should not have been equally accipient.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	accipient
释义	† accipientadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accipient-, accipiēns, accipere. Etymology: < classical Latin accipient-, accipiēns, present participle of accipere accept v. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ̆ksi·piĕnt) /ækˈsɪpɪənt/. Obsolete. rare. That receives; accepting, recipient. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [adjective] receptory1565 recipient1610 suscipient1649 accipient1730 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (at cited word) Accipient, receiving. 1890 J. H. Stirling Philos. & Theol. xviii. 355 If Mr. Darwin had said ‘Our ancestor was not an animal which breathed water, had no imperfect skull, and no great swimming tail, and was undoubtedly not a hermaphrodite,’ I question whether we should not have been equally accipient. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1730
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