accipient
/əkˈsɪpiənt/
accipient noun: someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
Noun
accipient (plural accipients)
- Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
- Instances sometimes occur of Species, or Varieties, gaining partial possession of the bodies of one another[…]Such instances, however, are very rare, and probably never take place between Varieties belong to the same Primary Species: for although it is an occurrence that evinces an intimate...1829, David Bishop, Causal Botany, page 145
- He penned voluminous epistles, to complain of "a trivial oversight in her otherwise irreproachable system of philanthropy," or to convey a "father's acknowledgments for the soul-elevating teachings of which his beloved offspring were accipients;" and when they were unnoticed, his visits were...1855, Marion Harland, Alone, page 344
Examples of accipient in a sentence
- […]these grave and not over-eager accipients of the invitation to the festivity[…]1880, James F. Hunnewell, “"Peveril of the Peak"”, in The Lands of Scott, page 366:
- On the one hand it cannot exist without the consent of the accipient, and on the other hand not without the grace of the giver.[…]”1905 October, J. W. Richard, “The Old Lutheran Doctrine of Free-Will”, in The Lutheran Quarterly, volume 35, pages 459–460:
Forms of accipient
| plural | accipients |
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Origin of accipient
Learned borrowing from Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“to receive”), whence accept.
Questions about accipient
- What does accipient mean?
- Accipient means someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
- How do you use accipient in a sentence?
- […]these grave and not over-eager accipients of the invitation to the festivity[…]
- What part of speech is accipient?
- Accipient is a noun.
- How do you pronounce accipient?
- Accipient is pronounced /əkˈsɪpiənt/.
- What is the plural of accipient?
- The plural of accipient is accipients.
Words near accipient in the dictionary
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