Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are
received, and kept till drafted for service.
Syn. -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. -- Receive,
Accept. To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept
denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing
is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive
news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we
accept an invitation to dine with a friend.
Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life
offered, or soon beg to lay it down.
Milton.
Re*ceive" (r*sv"), v. i. 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to
receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it
is your turn to receive.
Re*ceiv"ed*ness, n. The state or quality of being received, accepted,
or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion. Boyle.
Re*ceiv"er (-r), n. [Cf. F. receveur.] 1. One who takes or receives in
any manner.
2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and
hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of
litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the
estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to
winding up its affairs, in certain cases. Bouvier.
3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be
stolen. Blackstone.
4. (Chem.) (a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the
like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. (b) A
vessel for receiving and containing gases.
5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and
the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf.
Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.
6. (Steam Engine) (a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the
high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a
compound engine. (b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a
distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which
the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.
Exhausted receiver (Physics), a receiver, as that used with the air
pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of
which is a more or less complete vacuum.
Re*ceiv"er*ship, n. The state or office of a receiver.
Re*cel"e*brate (r*sl"*brt), v. t. To celebrate again, or anew. --
Re*cel`e*bra"tion (-br"shn), n.
Re"cen*cy (r"sen*s), n. [LL. recentia, fr. L. recens. See Recent.] The
state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin;
lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a
wound, etc.
Re*cense" (r*sns"), v. t. [L. recensere; pref. re- again + censere to
value, estimate: cf. F. recenser.] To review; to revise. [R.] Bentley.
Re*cen"sion (r*sn"shn), n. [L. recensio: cf. F. recension.] 1. The act
of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration. Barrow.
2. Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an
editor; critical revisal and establishment.
3. The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision;
an edited version.
Re*cen"sion*ist, n. One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical
editor.
Re"cent (r"sent), a. [L. recens, -entis: cf. F. récent.] 1. Of late
origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date,
antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out,
trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news.
The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that
country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged
into the neighboring sea by the Nile.
Woodward.
2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as,
recent shells.
Re*cen"ter (r*sn"tr), v. t. [Pref. re- + center.] To center again; to
restore to the center. Coleridge.
Re"cent*ly (r"sent*l), adv. Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as,
advices recently received.
Re"cent*ness, n. Quality or state of being recent.
Re*cep"ta*cle (r*sp"t*k'l), n. [F. réceptacle, L. receptaculum, fr.
receptare, v. intens. fr. recipere to receive. See Receive.] 1. That
which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a
basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
O sacred receptacle of my joys!
Shak.
2. (Bot.) (a) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of
the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of
Flower, and Ovary. (b) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a
common support to a head of flowers. (c) An intercellular cavity
containing oil or resin or other matters. (d) A special branch which
bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
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Rec`ep*tac"u*lar (rs`p*tk"*lr), a. [Cf. F. réceptaculaire.] (Bot.)
Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular
chaff or scales in the sunflower.
||Rec`ep*tac"u*lum (-lm), n.; pl. Receptacula (-l). [L.] (Anat.) A
||receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.
Rec"ep*ta*ry (rs"p*t*r), a. Generally or popularly admitted or
received. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Rec"ep*ta*ry, n. That which is received. [Obs.] "Receptaries of
philosophy." Sir T. Browne.
Re*cep`ti*bil"i*ty (r*sp`t*bl"*t), n. 1. The quality or state of being
receptible; receivableness.