receptacle

[Fr., from Lat. receptaculum, a dim in. formed from recepto, frequent. of recipio =to receive (q. v.).] 1. Ord. Lang. That which receives, admits, or contains things; a ve el or place in which things are received and contained; a repository. "The common receptacles of filth and ordure."- Вр . Horsey: Sermons , vol. i., ser. 17. IMG:content-0275.png:[blocks in formation] re-çěp-tăc-u-lar, a . [Latin receptaculum = a receptacle; Eng. adj. suff. -ar .] Of, pertaining to or growing on a receptacle. re-çěp-tăc-u-lum, s. [Lat.] A receptacle. (1) Receptaculum chyli: An expansion of the thoracic duct opposite the last dorsal vertebra. (2) Receptaculum cotunni : A triangular depre ion near the middle of the posterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone, at the termination of the aqueduct of the vestibule of the ear. *rě-çěp-tar-ỹ, s. & a. [Lat. recept us , pa. par. of recipio to receive (q. v.).] A. As subst.: That which receives; a receptacle. B. As adj .: To be received or taken on trust. rě-çěp-ti-bil-1-ty, s . [Eng. receptible ; -ity.] 1. The quality or state of being receptible; receivablene . †2. That which may be received or believed in. rě-çěp-ti-ble, adj . [Lat. receptibilis , from re ceptus , pa. par. of recipio =to receive (q. v.).] Capable of being received; fit to be received; receivable. rě-çěp-tion, s. [Fr., from Latin receptionem, acc us. of receptio , from recept us , pa. par. of recipio =to receive (q. v.); Sp. recepcion .] 1. The act of receiving; the getting or receiving of a thing sent, offered, given, or communicated; as, the reception of news. 2. The state of being received or admitted; admi ion. 3. The act of admitting or allowing as regal or valid; as, the reception of evidence. 4. The act of receiving; the manner of receiving on arrival; treatment at first coming; welcome, entertainment. 5. A formal or ceremonial receiving of an official personage, guests, . 6. Admi ion, credence, or allowance, as of an opinion or doctrine; acceptance, allowance, sanction. "As extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced." - Locke. 7. The act of taking in or admitting; admi ion, readmi ion. "My reception into grace." -Milton : P. R. , iii. 205. *8. Power or capacity of receiving, admitting, or containing; receptivity, susceptivity. *9. A retaking, a recovery. "He was right glad of the French king's reception of those towns from Maximilian."-Bacon: Henry VII. reception-room, s. A room in which company is received.