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.
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.
To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the
like; to give credence or acceptance to.
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.
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain;
to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
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.
To take from a thief, as goods known to be
stolen.
To bat back (the ball)
when served.
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