Definition of receive

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Receive (v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen..

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Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea..
Apostate :: Apostate (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession..
Fonge :: Fonge (v. t.) To take; to receive.
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Ungracious :: Ungracious (a.) Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored.
Counterchange :: Counterchange (v. t.) To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.
Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter..
Bluebottle :: Bluebottle (n.) A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
Gain :: Gain (v. i.) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily..
Skid :: Skid (n.) A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure..
Bo Tree :: Bo tree () The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha..
Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words..
Phenacite :: Phenacite (n.) A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz..
Affrontee :: Affrontee (n.) One who receives an affront.
Talisman :: Talisman (n.) A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence..
Spitchcock :: Spitbox (n.) A vessel to receive spittle.
Credit :: Credit (n.) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B..
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