Re*cep"tive (r*sp"tv), a. [Cf. F. réceptif. See Receive.] Having the
quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or
contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies.
Glanvill.
Re*cep"tive*ness, n. The quality of being receptive.
Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty (rs`p*tv"*t or r`sp- ), n. [Cf. F. réceptivité.] 1. The
state or quality of being receptive.
2. (Kantian Philos.) The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as
those of the external senses.
Re*cep"to*ry (r*sp"t*r; 277), n. [Cf. L. receptorium a place of
shelter.] Receptacle. [Obs.] Holland.
Re*cess" (r*ss"), n. [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of
the tides.
Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation
from rationality.
South.
My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered.
Eikon Basilike.