recipient English · revision 14914

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1558|origins=la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|récipient]] and directly [[la|recipiēns|t=receiving]], the present participle of [[m|la|recipiō|t=to receive, hold, contain]] (see [[receive]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take]].^(Hoad 1986) Hoad also allows [[it|recipiente]].^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ 1558: a person or thing that receives in Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) a vessel for receiving a liquid in chemistry in the OED,^(OED 1989) the 1550s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adjective, receiving or receptive, is from 1610.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The general sense, one who receives, is from 1615 in the OED.^(OED 1989) The receiver of an air pump was a recipient from 1672, and in linguistics the indirect object of a verb from 1937.^(OED 1989) Recipiency is from 1822 and recipience from 1882.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1558 – a recipient.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1610 – recipient (adjective).^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1615 – one who receives.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1937 – recipient (linguistics).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or thing that receives something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person who receives blood, tissue or an organ from a [[donor]].^(AHD)

+ # ''(linguistics)'' The [[indirect object]] of a verb.^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Receiving or able to receive; [[receptive]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corecipient]]

+ * [[nonrecipient]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[receive]]

+ * [[receipt]]

+ * [[reception]]

+ * [[capable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}