receive

Receive is defined as to take, accept, experience or welcome.

(verb)

See receive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb received, receiving

to take or get (something given, offered, sent, etc.); acquire or accept
to encounter; experience: to receive acclaim
to have inflicted on one; undergo; suffer: to receive a blow
to take the effect or force of; bear: all four wheels receive the weight equally
to react to as specified: a performance that was well received
to apprehend mentally; get knowledge of or information about; learn: to receive news
to accept mentally as authentic, valid, etc.
1. to let enter; admit
2. to have room for; hold; contain: a cistern receives rainwater
to grant admittance to or greet (visitors or guests)
Radio, TV to detect (a radio or TV transmission) and convert it into sounds or images
Sports to catch (a pass, throw, etc.)

Origin: ME receiven < Anglo-Fr receivre < OFr < L recipere < re-, back + capere, to take: see have

intransitive verb

to get, accept, take, or acquire something; be a recipient
to admit or greet guests or visitors
Radio, TV to convert incoming electromagnetic waves into sound or light, thus reproducing the sounds or images being transmitted
Sports
1. to be the team set to return the ball on a kickoff
2. to be the player or team that returns or attempts to return a serve

See receive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·ceived, re·ceiv·ing, re·ceives

verb, transitive

To take or acquire (something given, offered, or transmitted); get.
To hear or see (information, for example): receive bad news; received a good report of the group's activities.
To have (a title, for example) bestowed on oneself.
To meet with; experience: receive sympathetic treatment.
To have inflicted or imposed on oneself: receive a penalty.
To bear the weight or force of; support: The beams receive the full weight of the walls and roof.
To take or intercept the impact of (a blow, for example).
To take in, hold, or contain: a tank that receives rainwater.
To admit: receive new members.
To greet or welcome: receive guests.
To perceive or acquire mentally: receive a bad impression.
To regard with approval or disapproval: essays that were received well.
To listen to and acknowledge formally and authoritatively: The judge received their oath of allegiance.

verb, intransitive

To acquire or get something; be a recipient.
To admit or welcome guests or visitors: The couple are not receiving this winter.
To partake of the Eucharist.
Electronics To convert incoming electromagnetic waves into visible or audible signals.
Football To catch or take possession of a kicked ball.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English receiven

Origin: , from Old North French receivre

Origin: , from Latin recipere

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots

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