Definition of receive

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Receive (v. i.) To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays..

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Kid :: Kid (n.) A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
Pernor :: Pernor (v.) One who receives the profits, as of an estate..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..
Underback :: Underback (n.) A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.
Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
Notchboard :: Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound..
Misreceive :: Misreceive (v. t.) To receive wrongly.
Commune :: Commune (v. i.) To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.
Teller :: Teller (n.) One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king..
Suppose :: Suppose (v. t.) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
Scholar :: Scholar (n.) In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues..
Mutual :: Mutual (a.) Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc..
Prevalent :: Prevalent (a.) Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease..
Snatch Block :: Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
Run :: Run (a.) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
Command :: Command (v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price..
Cad :: Cad (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards..
Casual :: Casual (n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Rock Shaft :: Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft..
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