Receive

rē-sēv′, v.t. to take what is offered: to accept: to embrace with the mind: to a ent to: to allow: to give acceptance to: to give admittance to: to welcome or entertain: to hold or contain: ( law ) to take goods knowing them to be stolen: ( B. ) to bear with, to believe in.— v.i. to be a recipient: to hold a reception of visitors.— n. Receivabil′ity , Receiv′ablene , the quality of being receivable.— adj. Receiv′able , that may be received: a waiting payment, as bills receivable.— ns. Receiv′edne , the state or quality of being received or current; Receiv′er , one who receives: an officer who receives taxes: a person appointed by a court to hold and manage property which is under litigation, or receive the rents of land, .: one who receives stolen goods: ( chem. ) a ve el for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases: the gla ve el of an air-pump in which the vacuum is formed: the receiving part of a telegraph, telephone, .; Receiv′er-gen′eral , an officer who receives the public revenue; Receiv′ership , the office of a receiver; Receiv′ing , the act of receiving; Receiv′ing-house , a depôt: a house where letters and parcels are left for transmi ion; Receiv′ing-in′strument , an appliance by which operators at two telegraph stations can communicate; Receiv′ing-off′ice , a branch post-office for receipt of letters, .; Receiv′ing-ship , a stationary ship for recruits for the navy. [O. Fr. recever (Fr. recevoir )—L. recipĕre , receptum — re- , back, capĕre, to take.]