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  • 21receive — re•ceive [[t]rɪˈsiv[/t]] v. ceived, ceiv•ing 1) to take into one s possession (something offered or delivered): to receive gifts[/ex] 2) to have (something) bestowed, conferred, etc.: received an honorary degree[/ex] 3) to have delivered or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 22RECEIVE E.P. — Infobox Album Name = RECEIVE E.P. Type = EP Artist = Coaltar of the Deepers Released = March 25, 1998 (JP) Recorded = Genre = Alternative Length = 21:09 Language = Japanese, English Label = musicmine (JP) Producer = Reviews = Last album = CAT EP… …

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  • 23receive — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take into one s charge] Syn. accept, be given, admit, take, get, obtain, gain, inherit, acquire, gather up, collect, reap, procure, derive, appropriate, seize, take possession, redeem, pocket, pick up, hold, come by, earn …

    English dictionary for students

  • 24receive — verb (received; receiving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French receivre, from Latin recipere, from re + capere to take more at heave Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to come into possession of ; acquire < receive a gift > …

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  • 25receive*/*/*/ — [rɪˈsiːv] verb [T] 1) to get something that someone gives or sends you We have not received your letter.[/ex] The head teacher has received several calls from angry parents.[/ex] 2) to have a particular type of treatment or experience Several of&#8230; …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26receive —   Loa a mai.    ♦ To receive guests, ho okipa malihini.    ♦ To receive without giving, maua …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 27receive — To take into one s possession, e.g., a letter, a gift, one s salary, or earnings. Hallenbeck v Getz, 63 Conn 385, 388; Commissioner v Williston, 315 Mass 638, 54 NE2d 43, 151 ALR 1395. As the words receive and accept are used in the statute of&#8230; …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 28receive — v.tr. 1 take or accept (something offered or given) into one s hands or possession. 2 acquire; be provided with or given (have received no news; will receive a small fee). 3 accept delivery of (something sent). 4 have conferred or inflicted on&#8230; …

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  • 29receive — [13] To receive something is etymologically to ‘take it back’. The word comes via Old French receivre from Latin recipere ‘regain’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back, again’ and capere ‘take’ (source of English capture). Other&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30receive — To transfer information from another computer to your computer. To receive a file is the same as downloading the file. See also send …

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