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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1300|origins=la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈsiːv/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|resceiven]], receiven,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|receivre|t=to seize, take hold of; to welcome, accept]], the Old North French form of Old French reçoivre, later recevoir,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|recipere|t=to take back, recover; to take to oneself, admit]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and [[m|la|capere|t=to take]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*kap-|t=to grasp]].^(Etymonline) The same Latin verb is the source of [[recipe]] and [[recipient]].^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To take something offered or sent into one's possession: before 1300, in ''Guy of Warwick'',^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) about 1300 in Etymonline, also of the sacrament.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “To welcome in a particular way” is from about 1300,^(Etymonline) to catch in the manner of a receptacle from the early 14th century,^(Etymonline) and to obtain as a reward from the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline) In the late 14th century the verb came to mean “to accept as authoritative or true”, as in ''received wisdom'', and “to have a blow or wound inflicted”.^(Etymonline) To listen or give heed is from 1388,^(OED 1989) and to take in stolen goods from 1583.^(OED 1989) The radio sense, and later the television sense, is from 1908.^(Etymonline) Middle English also had the verb recept, “to receive”, from the same Latin word.^(Etymonline) ''Receivable'' is from before 1382 and ''receiver'' from the 14th century.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1300 – to take into one's possession.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1300 – to welcome.^(Etymonline)

+ * before 1382 – ''receivable''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * late 14th century – to accept as true; to suffer a blow.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1583 – to take in stolen goods.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1908 – to receive radio signals.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To get or be given something; to [[acquire]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To greet or welcome guests; to admit to a group.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To experience or suffer: ''receive an injury''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # To react to in a certain way: ''the speech was well received''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To convert incoming radio or television signals into sound or pictures.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # To take in and pass on stolen goods.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # To take the [[Eucharist]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[receiving blanket]]

+ * [[receiving line]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[receivable]]

+ * [[receiver]]

+ * [[receivership]]

+ * [[reception]]

+ * [[receptionist]]

+ * [[receipt]]

+ * [[receptive]]

+ * [[receptacle]]

+ * [[recipient]]

+ * [[recipe]]

+ * [[capture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}