Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-CEIVE'
RE-CEIVE', v.t. [Fr. recevoir; Arm. receff; recevi; It. ricevere; Sp. recibir; Port. receber; L. recipio; re and capio, to take.]
- To take, as a thing offered or sent; to accept. He had the offer of a donation, but he would not receive it.
- To take as due or as a reward. He received the money on the day it was payable. He received ample compensation.
- To take or obtain from another in any manner, and either good or evil. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? – Job ii.
- To take, as a thing communicated; as, to receive a wound by a shot; to receive a disease by contagion. The idea of solidity, we receive by our touch. – Locke.
- To take or obtain intellectually; as, to receive an opinion or notion from others.
- To embrace. Receive with meekness the ingrafted word. – James i.
- To allow; to hold; to retain; as, a custom long received.
- To admit. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. – Ps. lxxiii.
- To welcome; to lodge and entertain; as a guest. They kindled a fire and received us every one, because of the present rain and because of the cold. – Acts xxviii.
- To admit into membership or fellowship. Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye. – Rom. xiv.
- To take in or on; to hold; to contain. The brazen altar was too little to receive the burnt-offering. – 1 Kings viii.
- To be endowed with. Ye shall receive power after that the holy Spirit has come upon you. – Acts i.
- To take into a place or state. After the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven. – Mark xvi.
- To take or have as something ascribed; as, to receive praise or blame. – Rev. iv, 5.
- To bear with or suffer. – 2 Cor. xi.
- To believe in. – John i.
- To accept or admit officially or in an official character. The minister was received by the emperor or court.
- To take stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. – Blackstone.
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