receptualadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈsɛptʃʊəl/,

/rᵻˈsɛptʃ(ᵿ)l/,

/rᵻˈsɛptjʊəl/,

/rᵻˈsɛptjᵿl/, U.S.

/rəˈsɛp(t)ʃ(əw)əl/

Forms: 1600s receptuall, 1800s– receptual.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin receptus , -al suffix¹; recept n.², -ual suffix.

Etymology: Originally < classical Latin receptus action of getting back, recovery, place of shelter, refuge, recess ( < recept- , past participial stem of recipere receive v. + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns) + -al suffix¹; in later use < recept n.² + -ual suffix, after conceptual adj.

rare.

†1. Alchemy. Capable of receiving, absorbing, or combining with other substances. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [adjective]

assimilative1528

assimilating1651

receptual1652

absorptive1664

absorbative1846

assimilatory1856

absorbing1902

osmotic1907

1652 Liber Patris Sapientiæ in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 198 And soe after the Colour of that Erth ys Sulphuri and receptuall, Some men do say ys engendered every Mettall.

2. Relating to or of the nature of a mental recept (recept n.²). rare.

ΚΠ

1888 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Man iii. 45 (note) The term Apperception as used by some German psychologists is also inclusive of what I mean by receptual ideation.

1897 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 8 473 Two stages or ‘levels’ of procedure and adaptation are roughly indicated: the conceptual and the receptual.

1939 Amer. Midland Naturalist 21 219 Central processes are at work in deciding which factors of the receptual field have..releasing or directing effects on a certain reaction.

1982 R. F. Gibson Philos. W. V. Quine iii. 67 A speaker will assent to a sentence, if queried, under circumstances producing similar episodes in the receptual neighborhood of the episodes near to which he volunteers the same sentence.

1992 Perspectives of New Music 30 274 I emerged to live the creative and receptual musical life which this awareness-refining and expanding process of thought opened to me.

2004 A. E. Falk Desire & Belief iii. 416 In the flow of events in the mind as it processes the neural input, Quine contrasts the receptual stage, which is the first level of stimulation, to the perceptual stage.

Derivatives

reˈceptually adv. rare by means of a mental recept (recept n.²).

ΚΠ

1888 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Man iii. 58 The animal is able to distinguish receptually between the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

1900 Philos. Rev. 9 390 The marks..may constitute a system which is merely a visual picture, and, therefore, can not be conceptually but only receptually discerned.

a2003 D. Davidson Truth, Lang. & Hist. (2005) iv. 50 Instead of speaking of the joint witnessing of an occasion it would be more precise to speak of witnesses subject to receptually similar impingements—that is, subject to similar patterns of nerve firings.

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

单词	receptual
释义	receptualadj. Brit. /rᵻˈsɛptʃʊəl/, /rᵻˈsɛptʃ(ᵿ)l/, /rᵻˈsɛptjʊəl/, /rᵻˈsɛptjᵿl/, U.S. /rəˈsɛp(t)ʃ(əw)əl/ Forms: 1600s receptuall, 1800s– receptual. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin receptus , -al suffix¹; recept n.², -ual suffix. Etymology: Originally < classical Latin receptus action of getting back, recovery, place of shelter, refuge, recess ( < recept- , past participial stem of recipere receive v. + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns) + -al suffix¹; in later use < recept n.² + -ual suffix, after conceptual adj. rare. †1. Alchemy. Capable of receiving, absorbing, or combining with other substances. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [adjective] assimilative1528 assimilating1651 receptual1652 absorptive1664 absorbative1846 assimilatory1856 absorbing1902 osmotic1907 1652 Liber Patris Sapientiæ in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 198 And soe after the Colour of that Erth ys Sulphuri and receptuall, Some men do say ys engendered every Mettall. 2. Relating to or of the nature of a mental recept (recept n.²). rare. ΚΠ 1888 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Man iii. 45 (note) The term Apperception as used by some German psychologists is also inclusive of what I mean by receptual ideation. 1897 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 8 473 Two stages or ‘levels’ of procedure and adaptation are roughly indicated: the conceptual and the receptual. 1939 Amer. Midland Naturalist 21 219 Central processes are at work in deciding which factors of the receptual field have..releasing or directing effects on a certain reaction. 1982 R. F. Gibson Philos. W. V. Quine iii. 67 A speaker will assent to a sentence, if queried, under circumstances producing similar episodes in the receptual neighborhood of the episodes near to which he volunteers the same sentence. 1992 Perspectives of New Music 30 274 I emerged to live the creative and receptual musical life which this awareness-refining and expanding process of thought opened to me. 2004 A. E. Falk Desire & Belief iii. 416 In the flow of events in the mind as it processes the neural input, Quine contrasts the receptual stage, which is the first level of stimulation, to the perceptual stage. Derivatives reˈceptually adv. rare by means of a mental recept (recept n.²). ΚΠ 1888 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Man iii. 58 The animal is able to distinguish receptually between the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1900 Philos. Rev. 9 390 The marks..may constitute a system which is merely a visual picture, and, therefore, can not be conceptually but only receptually discerned. a2003 D. Davidson Truth, Lang. & Hist. (2005) iv. 50 Instead of speaking of the joint witnessing of an occasion it would be more precise to speak of witnesses subject to receptually similar impingements—that is, subject to similar patterns of nerve firings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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