conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
<adj.all> standard English received standard English is sometimes called the King's English
widely accepted as true or worthy
<adj.all> a received moral idea Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise
Receive \Re*ceive"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[-e]*s[=e]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt}, {Reception}, {Recipe}.] 1. 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.
Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer.
2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak.
The idea of solidity we receive by our touch. --Locke.
3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4.
4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2.
5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64.
6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton.
7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served.
{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.
Usage: {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.
In interviews from jail, the former chairman of the Bank of Crete has claimed Papandreou and other high government officials received millions of dollars in payoffs and authorized the looting of his bank.
The Rhode Island Democrat received only a single $5,000 contribution in the first half of this year despite the threat of a strong Republican opponent for the first time in nearly two decades.
Yesterday, MCorp said it had received "an additional proposal" from "a purchaser unrelated to the parties involved in the letter of intent."
Of the 77 who received amphotericin B, 13 got the infection again, NIAID said.
A Utah man received a suspended jail sentence and paid a $2,500 fine for understating his income so his wife could get a $5,000 student loan.
Police initially treated Mrs. Masegian as a suspect after uncovering a mysterious telephone message she received at the hotel the day before the killing.
"The point is, she received benefits as a basis of being married to this man," said Berion Mouton, Social Security assistant district manager.
Worst hit, said shadow social security secretary Michael Meacher, were those not eligible for the full Pounds 140 poll tax deduction because they already received rebates.
BARLO GROUP has received acceptances to its open offer in respect of 25.71m new ordinary shares, which together with 7.56m placed firm by Goodbody Corporate Finance, represents 95.06 per cent of issue.
Litton Industries Inc. received an $11.1 million Navy contract to repair aircraft navigation equipment.
It said it received bids totaling $460 million, and that all bids it accepted were at 6.1%.
In the first place, the protesters were demonstrating at a public function for which they received the proper political authorization; the march and demonstration that followed corresponded to the precise requirements of the Sandinista authorities.
The rights was well received in the City and it gave all of us a sense of pride. 'The more fundamental thing was George's legacy - it didn't all collapse when George himself suddenly disappeared.
My wife received a mailshot from Bristol and West about a 10-year endowment savings plan with Eagle Star.
"At the time the competing offer for $415 million was received, we had already signed a letter of intent with Hearst for $400 million," J.H. Creekmore, president of the endowment, said in a statement.
Gudeman said he provided the information but hasn't received a reply.
The department received bids for the notes totaling $19.19 billion and accepted those of 6.62% to 6.66%, including $354 million of noncompetitive bids at the average return.
The company also will request payments equal to the profits Pilgrim's Pride received on the $4.5 million in boneless chicken morsels sold since early 1986, said Greer.
But 10 patients of the 56 who received a placebo developed the disease.
She later received a second check to cover her on-campus training.
Much of the information has been received by the previous crew via facsimile machine or computer, so the hotline's contents are largely synchronous with newspaper and television reports.
Mayor Tim Smith proclaimed Monday "Carrie White Day in Palatka" and she received telephone calls from U.S. Sens. Bob Graham of Florida and David Pryor of Arkansas.
The Radical Liberal Party, whose candidate was Sen. Luis Maria Vega, received 78,141 votes, or 7 percent.
During the past week, police received anonymous tips that "buyers were being solicited abroad," Wilting said. "We got hard evidence of that early this week, and that's when we decided to act."
One alert reader received a mail shot from Sharelink giving him the chance to invest in one of two indexed funds via a personal equity plan.
The Nebraska State Patrol said it was investigating the letter that Mrs. Orr received last August.
They also have received assistance in such matters as organizing stock exchanges and modernizing banking.
Edward Solbach said more than 300 soldiers have received sposors, and more volunteers are expected to sign up.
A UNITA spokesman in Lisbon, Norberto de Castro, said he had received no official confirmation of the ANGOP report, but he welcomed the government proposal.
He also received $20,000 in deferred compensation and $2,785 in pension benefits from the state.