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s something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter. Receyven all in gree that God us sent. Chaucer.

The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion. Boyle.

One who takes or receives in any manner.

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.

The state or office of a receiver.

To receive between or within.

To receive wrongly.

In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. Milton. She accepted of a treat. Addison.

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.

Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.] Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

ry. [In this sense accession is more generally used.] I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue. Milton.

thout; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon.

A receiver. [R.] Bailey

accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. -- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the…

To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

n certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.

The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.