receivedadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈsiːvd/, U.S.

/rəˈsivd/,

/riˈsivd/

Forms: see receive v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: receive v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < receive v. + -ed suffix¹. With the specific use in sense 4 compare scientific Latin receptus (1826 or earlier in this sense: see quot. 1826).

a. Generally adopted, accepted, or approved as true, authoritative, or standard. Frequently in received opinion, received wisdom.received text: see text n.¹ 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > opinion held by group > [noun]

voice?a1400

received opinion1440

vote1562

sense1563

minda1586

opinion1598

breath1610

vogue1626

climate1661

received idea1697

mass mind1922

idée reçue1933

mythology1949

the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adjective] > received or admitted

received1440

admitted1601

conceded1646

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > approved or accepted

accepta1382

well-pleaseda1382

ycherydc1407

received1440

graciousa1450

accepted?1495

comprobate1523

well-accepted1526

allowed1538

approbateda1549

well-received1565

well-liked1567

well-graceda1586

unlashed1641

approved1667

approved-of1670

consecrated1868

favoured1891

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Receyvyd, receptus, acceptus.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes ii. sig. S.viii Procedynge by no grounded reason, but onely by a receaued fourme.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. *4 I am loth to breake a receiued custome.

1631 T. Taylor Regula Vitae viii. 139 Enemies of righteousnesse, who are not onely fallen from the abnegation of the knowne and received truth, but to the oppugnation of it.

1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus ii. 16 Their then received Religion (which was as still it is, the Lutheran Perswasion).

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 164. ⁋4 That Pride and Vanity which naturally arise in the Mind of a received Author.

1770 W. Hamilton Let. 16 Oct. in Observ. Vesuvius (1772) 92 The direct reverse of what I find the commonly received opinion.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. i. 120 Martianay defended the received chronology.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 172 Divisions..for which there were no received geographical names.

1900 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 15 416 It seems to be the received opinion that he was also known to the English..in quite another character,—that of harmless and serviceable house-spirit.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Feb. 94/4 The error he has discovered in the received reference books..deserves special note from all those concerned with the period.

1998 C. Meredith Sidereal Time 185 The received wisdom is that a reading lesson's a nice way to end the week.

b. spec. Generally considered as the most correct and acceptable form of a language, system of pronunciation, etc. Frequently with the. Cf. standard adj. 3d.See also received pronunciation n., Received Standard n. at Compounds.

ΚΠ

1829 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 536 The cases..present a very well admitted ambiguity, to authorize us..to resort to principles of the English language, in defiance of the received English pronunciation.

1874 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. IV. iv. 1095/1 The tip of the tongue for received English is not so advanced towards the teeth or gums, as for the continental sound.

1882 A. J. Ellis in Trans. Philol. Soc. 21 We say they are dialectal forms of the received down.

1890 Dial. Notes 1 i. 26 For the study of pronunciation the received spelling is very ill adapted.

1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) xviii. 148 In Received English there are six affricates which may be represented phonetically by..digraphs.

1936 Trans. Philol. Soc. 80 My own recollection of this opposition to Received Speech is that the dialect speaker acquires a consciousness of ‘correctness’ in speech accompanied by a powerful objection to being caught..‘talking fine’.

1963 J. Moynahan Deed of Life (1966) iv. iii. 164 The slurs, elisions, and crooning sounds of Midlands vernacular are more appropriate to tender, erotic conversations than the tight-lipped accents of Received Standard British.

2001 H. Gilbert Postcolonial Plays 155/1 The deliberate use of non-standard English speaks to a more general decolonising project in which the received colonial language is displaced from its position of privilege as the ‘natural’ artistic medium.

2. That has been bestowed, accepted, taken in, or detected.

ΘΚΠ

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

receiveda1451

recd1510

a1451 J. Lydgate Governaunce of Kynges & Prynces (1511) sig. E. iv^v It newly rostyd, receyued and newly slayne.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxxiv. f. 426^v Y^e memorie of a receiued good turne.

1642 Welchmans Declar. 6 Metitate how her may with the assistance of her vallourous and courragious Countrymen, revenge that, and all other her past received Injuries, and tefend te Lawes, and te Religion of her Country, and her Liperties untermined pi her Adversaties.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 167 Which..Incorporates the newly received Nourishment, and joyns it Continuously with the preexistent parts of Flesh and Bone.

1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility viii. 345 Health, beauty, strength, &c. are no reasons why we should be proud, as being received endowments.

1743 A. Dutton Disc. Justif. vii. 172 The soul..Goes on rejoicing in received Grace.

1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iv. iii. 258 He scarce wotted that those who fawn the most, or who swear the loudest of return for received gifts are the most hollow and faithless.

1895 Daily News 19 Dec. 5 The cost of having their received telegrams telephoned..to their offices.

1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) viii. 136 The land has no method of distributing the superficially received heat, other than the rather slow one of conduction.

1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects iii. 139 An attenuator is included to permit matching signal strengths with the received signal.

2007 D. A. Weintraub Is Pluto a Planet? 237 If the Sun were the only factor that controlled the temperature of a planet, then the temperature would be proportional to the amount of received sunlight to the one-fourth power.

3. With modifying adverb.

a. Regarded in the specified manner, causing a reaction of the type specified; spec. (of a performance, work of art or literature, etc.) accorded a popular or critical reception of the kind specified. Cf. receive v. 5a.Recorded earliest in well-received adj.

ΚΠ

1634 T. Heywood & R. Broome (title) The late Lancashire Witches. A well received comedy, lately acted at the Globe.

1854 Harper's Mag. Mar. 561/2 The salon topic..is still the Orient; interspersed..with now and then a badly received remark about the cholera.

1869 Times 29 Jan. 10/5 Mr. Ritchie replied in an enthusiastically-received address.

1938 J. Willcox Relation of Moliere to Restoration Comedy vi. 105 Dryden opened his long theatrical career with..a poorly received maiden effort.

1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 May b2 It is hard to understand why the only repeat in this week's performances will be a badly received ‘Lohengrin’, when the company has along a ‘Cosi’ of this quality.

2002 NFT Programme Booklet Mar. 15/1 This enthusiastically received, zeitgeisty black comedy set in the scruffy, eastern part of Oslo.

b. Of a guest, etc.: greeted or welcomed in the specified manner. Cf. receive v. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > welcoming > welcomed

welcomed1583

received1711

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 20. 113 The impudent English-man behaves like a surly Landlord, the Scot like an ill-received guest.

1832 T. H. Lister Arlington I. xviii. 308 The coldly received and scarcely tolerated suitor of Lady Alice.

1865 R. Baker & S. Yorke Noel II. i. 3 The cordially received guest of the squire and Miss Elliott.

1907 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. 5/5 The courteously received Americans who visit Italy are usually wealthy.

1984 Times 24 Apr. 13/4 We were the warmly received guests of these people.

†4. Entomology. Fitted or situated between other parts. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 332 An insect having a visible Scutellum... a. Rejected... b. Received (Receptum). When it intervenes between the elytra at their base.

Compounds

received idea n. a concept or opinion which has received general acceptance; cf. idée reçue n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > opinion held by group > [noun]

voice?a1400

received opinion1440

vote1562

sense1563

minda1586

opinion1598

breath1610

vogue1626

climate1661

received idea1697

mass mind1922

idée reçue1933

mythology1949

1697 T. Becconsall Doctr. Gen. Resurrection 19 They [sc. the integral parts of a man] are either to be measured by this common Principle of Life,..or at least from the received Idea of the animal Part.

1786 J. Andrews Hist. War with Amer. II. xvii. 93 In the arrangement of this matter, such deference was shown to received ideas, that only one third part of the officers were foreigners.

1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel III. xiv. 106 The universal unsettlement of all received ideas, and ancient opinions.

1908 Times 26 Sept. 4/2 The circles are concentric, and radiate to a powerhouse of central loyalties and received ideas.

1995 Sight & Sound Oct. 3/1 It's worth considering that the received idea of British cinema might be past its sell-by date and that it is better to think in terms of, say, English and Scottish cinema.

Received Standard n. (H. C. Wyld's name for) the variety of a language which is most widely accepted and used as a standard (standard n. 23) in any specified country or other linguistic area; cf. Modified Standard n. at modified adj. and n. Compounds.Originally and chiefly used of English, and traditionally associated with the educated speech of southern England.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > standard

R.S.1889

standard1904

Received Standard1913

Schriftsprache1931

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > standard

King's English1553

king's languagea1566

Queen's English1592

received pronunciation?1710

Standard English1806

Southern English1860

World English1888

RP1889

Modified Standard English1913

Received Standard1913

B.B.C. English1928

Oldspeak1949

1913 H. C. Wyld in Mod. Lang. Teaching 9 261/2 When he speaks of Standard English, he is, I believe, referring to what I now call Received Standard.

1914 M. Montgomery in Mod. Lang. Teaching 10 11/2 Yet in that country [sc. Germany],..a process of assimilation towards a single ‘Received Standard’ is said to be growing more, rather than less, marked.

1999 A. Cooke Memories of Great & Good (2000) i. 6 All of them in the London studios were hired because they spoke southern educated English, what was then known to phoneticians and language teachers as Received Standard.

Received Standard English n. (H. C. Wyld's name for) the variety of English regarded as typical of the educated speech of southern England, and most widely accepted as standard; = Standard English at standard adj. 3d.

ΚΠ

1915 H. C. Wyld in Mod. Lang. Rev. 10 111 As for the fluctuation of usage in Received Standard English, it is to be noted that..very little actual sound change has taken place in polite English since the middle of the eighteenth century.

2002 U. Erichsen in G. Stilz Missions of Interdependence 87 The Empire continues to exert its cultural hegemony through the literary canon and through Received Standard English.

Derivatives

reˈceivedness n. rare the state or quality of being generally accepted or adopted.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun]

willOE

allowancec1400

acceptationa1425

allowing1435

approof1439

approving1523

comprobation1529

owning1535

approbation1548

good liking?1560

suffrage1563

acceptance1569

liking1569

pleasure1569

allowment1570

approvance1592

probatum1606

approvement1615

sufferage1622

the light of a person's countenance1649

reception1660

receivedness1661

imprimatur1672

approval1690

sanction1738

go-down1753

rubber stamping1920

1661 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity & Firmnesse ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 181 Others..will upon the very account of the Receivednesse of the propos'd Opinion, think it rather worthy to be examined than to be acquiesc'd in.

1797 T. Connelly & T. Higgins Diccionario Nuevo y Completo de las Lenguas Española é Inglesa II. 309/1 Receivedness, aceptacion.

1846 A. Spiers Gen. Eng. & French Dict. 483/3 Receivedness, adoption générale.

1995 J. Nohrnberg Like unto Moses i. 9 His [sc. the Mosaic figure's] receivedness is attested to by the digesting of the plurality [of the texts] to form a canon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	received
释义	receivedadj. Brit. /rᵻˈsiːvd/, U.S. /rəˈsivd/, /riˈsivd/ Forms: see receive v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: receive v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < receive v. + -ed suffix¹. With the specific use in sense 4 compare scientific Latin receptus (1826 or earlier in this sense: see quot. 1826). 1. a. Generally adopted, accepted, or approved as true, authoritative, or standard. Frequently in received opinion, received wisdom.received text: see text n.¹ 1d. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > opinion held by group > [noun] voice?a1400 received opinion1440 vote1562 sense1563 minda1586 opinion1598 breath1610 vogue1626 climate1661 received idea1697 mass mind1922 idée reçue1933 mythology1949 the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adjective] > received or admitted received1440 admitted1601 conceded1646 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > approved or accepted accepta1382 well-pleaseda1382 ycherydc1407 received1440 graciousa1450 accepted?1495 comprobate1523 well-accepted1526 allowed1538 approbateda1549 well-received1565 well-liked1567 well-graceda1586 unlashed1641 approved1667 approved-of1670 consecrated1868 favoured1891 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Receyvyd, receptus, acceptus. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes ii. sig. S.viii Procedynge by no grounded reason, but onely by a receaued fourme. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. 4 I am loth to breake a receiued custome. 1631 T. Taylor Regula Vitae* viii. 139 Enemies of righteousnesse, who are not onely fallen from the abnegation of the knowne and received truth, but to the oppugnation of it. 1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus ii. 16 Their then received Religion (which was as still it is, the Lutheran Perswasion). 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 164. ⁋4 That Pride and Vanity which naturally arise in the Mind of a received Author. 1770 W. Hamilton Let. 16 Oct. in Observ. Vesuvius (1772) 92 The direct reverse of what I find the commonly received opinion. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. i. 120 Martianay defended the received chronology. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 172 Divisions..for which there were no received geographical names. 1900 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 15 416 It seems to be the received opinion that he was also known to the English..in quite another character,—that of harmless and serviceable house-spirit. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Feb. 94/4 The error he has discovered in the received reference books..deserves special note from all those concerned with the period. 1998 C. Meredith Sidereal Time 185 The received wisdom is that a reading lesson's a nice way to end the week. b. spec. Generally considered as the most correct and acceptable form of a language, system of pronunciation, etc. Frequently with the. Cf. standard adj. 3d.See also received pronunciation n., Received Standard n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1829 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 536 The cases..present a very well admitted ambiguity, to authorize us..to resort to principles of the English language, in defiance of the received English pronunciation. 1874 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. IV. iv. 1095/1 The tip of the tongue for received English is not so advanced towards the teeth or gums, as for the continental sound. 1882 A. J. Ellis in Trans. Philol. Soc. 21 We say they are dialectal forms of the received down. 1890 Dial. Notes 1 i. 26 For the study of pronunciation the received spelling is very ill adapted. 1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) xviii. 148 In Received English there are six affricates which may be represented phonetically by..digraphs. 1936 Trans. Philol. Soc. 80 My own recollection of this opposition to Received Speech is that the dialect speaker acquires a consciousness of ‘correctness’ in speech accompanied by a powerful objection to being caught..‘talking fine’. 1963 J. Moynahan Deed of Life (1966) iv. iii. 164 The slurs, elisions, and crooning sounds of Midlands vernacular are more appropriate to tender, erotic conversations than the tight-lipped accents of Received Standard British. 2001 H. Gilbert Postcolonial Plays 155/1 The deliberate use of non-standard English speaks to a more general decolonising project in which the received colonial language is displaced from its position of privilege as the ‘natural’ artistic medium. 2. That has been bestowed, accepted, taken in, or detected. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [adjective] > received receiveda1451 recd1510 a1451 J. Lydgate Governaunce of Kynges & Prynces (1511) sig. E. iv^v It newly rostyd, receyued and newly slayne. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxxiv. f. 426^v Y^e memorie of a receiued good turne. 1642 Welchmans Declar. 6 Metitate how her may with the assistance of her vallourous and courragious Countrymen, revenge that, and all other her past received Injuries, and tefend te Lawes, and te Religion of her Country, and her Liperties untermined pi her Adversaties. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 167 Which..Incorporates the newly received Nourishment, and joyns it Continuously with the preexistent parts of Flesh and Bone. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility viii. 345 Health, beauty, strength, &c. are no reasons why we should be proud, as being received endowments. 1743 A. Dutton Disc. Justif. vii. 172 The soul..Goes on rejoicing in received Grace. 1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iv. iii. 258 He scarce wotted that those who fawn the most, or who swear the loudest of return for received gifts are the most hollow and faithless. 1895 Daily News 19 Dec. 5 The cost of having their received telegrams telephoned..to their offices. 1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) viii. 136 The land has no method of distributing the superficially received heat, other than the rather slow one of conduction. 1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects iii. 139 An attenuator is included to permit matching signal strengths with the received signal. 2007 D. A. Weintraub Is Pluto a Planet? 237 If the Sun were the only factor that controlled the temperature of a planet, then the temperature would be proportional to the amount of received sunlight to the one-fourth power. 3. With modifying adverb. a. Regarded in the specified manner, causing a reaction of the type specified; spec. (of a performance, work of art or literature, etc.) accorded a popular or critical reception of the kind specified. Cf. receive v. 5a.Recorded earliest in well-received adj. ΚΠ 1634 T. Heywood & R. Broome (title) The late Lancashire Witches. A well received comedy, lately acted at the Globe. 1854 Harper's Mag. Mar. 561/2 The salon topic..is still the Orient; interspersed..with now and then a badly received remark about the cholera. 1869 Times 29 Jan. 10/5 Mr. Ritchie replied in an enthusiastically-received address. 1938 J. Willcox Relation of Moliere to Restoration Comedy vi. 105 Dryden opened his long theatrical career with..a poorly received maiden effort. 1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 May b2 It is hard to understand why the only repeat in this week's performances will be a badly received ‘Lohengrin’, when the company has along a ‘Cosi’ of this quality. 2002 NFT Programme Booklet Mar. 15/1 This enthusiastically received, zeitgeisty black comedy set in the scruffy, eastern part of Oslo. b. Of a guest, etc.: greeted or welcomed in the specified manner. Cf. receive v. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > welcoming > welcomed welcomed1583 received1711 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 20. 113 The impudent English-man behaves like a surly Landlord, the Scot like an ill-received guest. 1832 T. H. Lister Arlington I. xviii. 308 The coldly received and scarcely tolerated suitor of Lady Alice. 1865 R. Baker & S. Yorke Noel II. i. 3 The cordially received guest of the squire and Miss Elliott. 1907 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. 5/5 The courteously received Americans who visit Italy are usually wealthy. 1984 Times 24 Apr. 13/4 We were the warmly received guests of these people. †4. Entomology. Fitted or situated between other parts. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 332 An insect having a visible Scutellum... a. Rejected... b. Received (Receptum). When it intervenes between the elytra at their base. Compounds received idea n. a concept or opinion which has received general acceptance; cf. idée reçue n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > opinion held by group > [noun] voice?a1400 received opinion1440 vote1562 sense1563 minda1586 opinion1598 breath1610 vogue1626 climate1661 received idea1697 mass mind1922 idée reçue1933 mythology1949 1697 T. Becconsall Doctr. Gen. Resurrection 19 They [sc. the integral parts of a man] are either to be measured by this common Principle of Life,..or at least from the received Idea of the animal Part. 1786 J. Andrews Hist. War with Amer. II. xvii. 93 In the arrangement of this matter, such deference was shown to received ideas, that only one third part of the officers were foreigners. 1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel III. xiv. 106 The universal unsettlement of all received ideas, and ancient opinions. 1908 Times 26 Sept. 4/2 The circles are concentric, and radiate to a powerhouse of central loyalties and received ideas. 1995 Sight & Sound Oct. 3/1 It's worth considering that the received idea of British cinema might be past its sell-by date and that it is better to think in terms of, say, English and Scottish cinema. Received Standard n. (H. C. Wyld's name for) the variety of a language which is most widely accepted and used as a standard (standard n. 23) in any specified country or other linguistic area; cf. Modified Standard n. at modified adj. and n. Compounds.Originally and chiefly used of English, and traditionally associated with the educated speech of southern England. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > standard R.S.1889 standard1904 Received Standard1913 Schriftsprache1931 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > standard King's English1553 king's languagea1566 Queen's English1592 received pronunciation?1710 Standard English1806 Southern English1860 World English1888 RP1889 Modified Standard English1913 Received Standard1913 B.B.C. English1928 Oldspeak1949 1913 H. C. Wyld in Mod. Lang. Teaching 9 261/2 When he speaks of Standard English, he is, I believe, referring to what I now call Received Standard. 1914 M. Montgomery in Mod. Lang. Teaching 10 11/2 Yet in that country [sc. Germany],..a process of assimilation towards a single ‘Received Standard’ is said to be growing more, rather than less, marked. 1999 A. Cooke Memories of Great & Good (2000) i. 6 All of them in the London studios were hired because they spoke southern educated English, what was then known to phoneticians and language teachers as Received Standard. Received Standard English n. (H. C. Wyld's name for) the variety of English regarded as typical of the educated speech of southern England, and most widely accepted as standard; = Standard English at standard adj. 3d. ΚΠ 1915 H. C. Wyld in Mod. Lang. Rev. 10 111 As for the fluctuation of usage in Received Standard English, it is to be noted that..very little actual sound change has taken place in polite English since the middle of the eighteenth century. 2002 U. Erichsen in G. Stilz Missions of Interdependence 87 The Empire continues to exert its cultural hegemony through the literary canon and through Received Standard English. Derivatives reˈceivedness n. rare the state or quality of being generally accepted or adopted. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] willOE allowancec1400 acceptationa1425 allowing1435 approof1439 approving1523 comprobation1529 owning1535 approbation1548 good liking?1560 suffrage1563 acceptance1569 liking1569 pleasure1569 allowment1570 approvance1592 probatum1606 approvement1615 sufferage1622 the light of a person's countenance1649 reception1660 receivedness1661 imprimatur1672 approval1690 sanction1738 go-down1753 rubber stamping1920 1661 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity & Firmnesse ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 181 Others..will upon the very account of the Receivednesse of the propos'd Opinion, think it rather worthy to be examined than to be acquiesc'd in. 1797 T. Connelly & T. Higgins Diccionario Nuevo y Completo de las Lenguas Española é Inglesa II. 309/1 Receivedness, aceptacion. 1846 A. Spiers Gen. Eng. & French Dict. 483/3 Receivedness, adoption générale. 1995 J. Nohrnberg Like unto Moses i. 9 His [sc. the Mosaic figure's] receivedness is attested to by the digesting of the plurality [of the texts] to form a canon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1440
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