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Receive   /rəsˈiv/  /rɪsˈiv/  /risˈiv/   Listen
Receive

verb
(past & past part. received; pres. part. receiving)
1.
Get something; come into possession of.  Synonym: have.  "Receive a gift" , "Receive letters from the front"
2.
Receive a specified treatment (abstract).  Synonyms: find, get, incur, obtain.  "His movie received a good review" , "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
3.
Register (perceptual input).  Synonym: pick up.
4.
Go through (mental or physical states or experiences).  Synonyms: experience, get, have.  "Experience vertigo" , "Get nauseous" , "Receive injuries" , "Have a feeling"
5.
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs.  Synonyms: invite, take in.
6.
Accept as true or valid.
7.
Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival.  Synonym: welcome.
8.
Convert into sounds or pictures.
9.
Experience as a reaction.  Synonyms: encounter, meet.
10.
Have or give a reception.
11.
Receive as a retribution or punishment.  Synonym: get.
12.
Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament.
13.
Regard favorably or with disapproval.



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"Receive" Quotes from Famous Books



... years this favored nobleman seems to have contented himself with sending annually a ship to explore the shores of his domain and to trade with the Indians. Later he devised a scheme to facilitate the settlement of a colony by the creation of an order of baronets of Nova Scotia, each of whom was to receive an estate six miles in length and three in breadth in consideration of his assistance in the colonization of the country. In the course of 10 years more than 100 baronets were created, of whom 34 had estates within the limits of our own province. To that part of Nova Scotia north of the ...
— Glimpses of the Past - History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 • W. O. Raymond

... has arrived. I receive the letter, but do not admit the excuses, except in courtesy; as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon, the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there be a corn upon it. However, I shall ...
— Life of Lord Byron, With His Letters And Journals, Vol. 5 (of 6) • (Lord Byron) George Gordon Byron

... island, was a woman of acute judgment. She had, no doubt, heard from fugitives from la Espanola of the doings of the Spaniards there, and of their irresistible might in battle, and had prudently counseled her son to receive the ...
— The History of Puerto Rico - From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation • R.A. Van Middeldyk

... terms of which were that the sisterhood should reimburse him the amount of his purchase-money. The dear man was not however making a bad bargain, for the difference in the value of assignats with which he had paid and the good sound money he would receive made a pretty profit. But Mother Marie-des-Anges, remembering that without his warning Danton could not have saved her, did better still for her first helper. At the time when Laurent Goussard made his offer the community ...
— The Deputy of Arcis • Honore de Balzac

... to the swarthy rulers. When that occurred, the Dey, or Bashaw, imposed a heavy fine to remind us of the expense of trifling with him. We meekly bowed our heads, paid it, and tried to be more prompt afterward. Then, too, the mighty ruler sometimes expressed a wish to receive naval stores instead of money, and we were happy to oblige him. Of course, he set his own valuation on what he received, which was generally about one-half of what they cost our Government, but ...
— Dewey and Other Naval Commanders • Edward S. Ellis


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