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Receive
v. t.
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To bat back (the ball) when served.
Receive
v. i.
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To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
Receive
v. i.
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To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
Receivedness
n.
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The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion.
Receiver
n.
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One who takes or receives in any manner.
Receiver
n.
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A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases.
Receiver
n.
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One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.
Receiver
n.
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A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.
Receiver
n.
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A vessel for receiving and containing gases.
Receiver
n.
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The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.
Receiver
n.
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A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
Receiver
n.
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A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
Receiver
n.
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That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.
Receivership
n.
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The state or office of a receiver.
Recelebrate
v. t.
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To celebrate again, or anew.
Recency
n.
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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. t.
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To review; to revise.
Recension
n.
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The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
Recension
n.
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Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.
Recension
n.
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The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.
Recensionist
n.
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One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.
Recent
a.
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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.
Recent
a.
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Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
Recenter
v. t.
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To center again; to restore to the center.
Recently
adv.
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Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.
Recentness
n.
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Quality or state of being recent.
Receptacle
n.
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That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
Receptacle
n.
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The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
Receptacle
n.
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The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
Receptacle
n.
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An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.