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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATE n.
An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that of bonds or other securities.
RECEIVERSHIP n.
The state or office of a receiver.
RECELEBRATE v.
To celebrate again, or anew. -- Re*cel`e*bra"tion, n.
RECENCY n.
The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.
RECENSE v.
To review; to revise. [R.] Bentley.
RECENSION n. 3 definitions
The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration. Barrow.
RECENSIONIST n.
One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.
RECENT a. 2 definitions
Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news. The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mu…
RECENTER v.
To center again; to restore to the center. Coleridge.
RECENTLY adv.
Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.
RECENTNESS n.
Quality or state of being recent.
RECEPTACLE n. 5 definitions
That which serves, or is used, fro receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository. O sacred receptacle of my joys! Shak.
RECEPTACULAR a.
Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower.
RECEPTACULUM n.
A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.
RECEPTARY a. 2 definitions
Generally or popularly admitted or received. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
RECEPTIBILITY n. 2 definitions
The quality or state of being receptible; receivableness.
RECEPTIBLE a.
Such as may be received; receivable.
RECEPTION n. 5 definitions
The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
RECEPTIVE a.
Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind. Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. Glanvill.
RECEPTIVENESS n.
The quality of being receptive.
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