receptivity

[Fr. réceptivité.] The quality or state of being receptive. "Her catholicity and many-sided receptivity ." - Victoria Magazine , Nov., 1886, p. 13. *rě-çěp-tör-ý, a. & s. [Lat. recept us , pa. par. of recipio to receive (q. v.).] A. As adj.: Generally or popularly received or admitted. B. As subst.: That which receives; a receptacle. [Lat. rece us, prob. rě-çě (1), *re-ce e, s. pa. par. of recedo =to recede (q.v.).] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of withdrawing, retiring, or receding; as, the rece of the tide. 2. Departure, withdrawal. .. "After whiche their rece e , the lorde Maxwell made pro clam a cion." Hall : Henry VIII . (an. 34). 3. A withdrawal from public busine or notice; a withdrawing into privacy. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine: gō, pot, rece 4. The state of being in retirement or privacy; seclusion, retirement. "During this rece Saul was seized with his disorder." -War burton: Divine Legation , bk. iv. (Notes.) 5. A suspension or remi ion of busine or procedure; the time during which public or other busine is suspended; intermi ion. "The Houses had sate ever since January without a rece ."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. 6. A place of retirement, secrecy, or privacy. "This happy place our sweet Rece ." Milton: P. L. , xi. 303. 7. The inner, secret, or private part. "Deep in the close rece es of my soul." Pope : Homer's Iliad , i. 711. 8. A cavity, niche, or sunken space formed in a wall; an alcove. II. Bot .: The sinus between the lobes of a lobed leaf. rě-çě (2), subst . [Fr. recez .] An abstract or registry of the proceedings of an Imperial Diet of Germany; the result of the deliberations of an Imperial Diet; a decree. "In the imperial chamber, the proctors have a florin taxed and allowed them for every substantial rece ."Aylife: Parergon Juris Canonic i. rě-çě , v. t. [RECESS (1), s.] 3373 25. 1835. The Rechabite pledge is extremely stringent and far-reaching, but the order is steadily increasing in Great Britain, and has been introduced into the United States, Canada, and Australia. Their lodges are called "tents" in allusion to Jer. xxxv. 7. Rech-a-bit-ism, s. [Eng. Rechabit (e); -ism.] The teaching and practice of the Rechabites. [RECHABITE, 3.] "The advantages which Rechabitism offered above other friendly societies."-Rechabite Magazine , July, 1886, p. 175. re-çhānge', v. t . & i . [Pref. re- , and Eng. change (q. v.).] To change again or back. *re-chant', *re-chaunt, v . t . & i. [Pref. re-, and Eng. chant (q. v.).] To sing antiphonally. *re-cha-os, v . t. [Pref. re-, and English chaos (q.v.).] To reduce again to chaos.