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Definitions for Received:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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. [1913 Webster] Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The idea of solidity we receive by our touch. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. [1913 Webster] Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. [1913 Webster] 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in. [1913 Webster] The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. [1913 Webster] 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. [1913 Webster] Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
received adj 1: conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British) [syn: standard] [ant: nonstandard] 2: widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist [syn: accepted]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "received": Christian, accepted, acclaimed, acknowledged, admired, admitted, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, avowed, backed, being done, believed, canonical, cathedral, certified, comme il faut, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional, correct, countersigned, credited, cried up, current, customary, de rigueur, decent, decorous, endorsed, established, evangelical, everyday, ex cathedra, faithful, familiar, favored, favorite, firm, fixed, folk, formal, generally accepted, granted, hallowed, handed down, heroic, highly touted, hoary, immemorial, in good odor, inveterate, legendary, literal, long-established, long-standing, magisterial, meet, mythological, normal, notarized, obtaining, of long standing, of the faith, of the folk, official, oral, ordinary, orthodox, orthodoxical, popular, prescribed, prescriptive, prevalent, professed, proper, ratified, recognized, recommended, regular, regulation, right, rooted, sanctioned, scriptural, sealed, seemly, set, signed, sound, stamped, standard, stock, supported, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, textual, time-honored, traditional, traditionalistic, tried and true, true, true-blue, trusted, uncontested, understood, underwritten, undisputed, undoubted, unquestioned, unsuspected, unwritten, usual, validated, venerable, warranted, well-thought-of, widespread, wonted, worshipful

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