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recieve

recieve is the misspelling of receive.

Meaning of receive

Verb

receive (third-person singular simple present receives, present participle receiving, simple past and past participle received)

  1. (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
    • He received many presents for his birthday.
  2. (dated, transitive) To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
    • He had the offer of employment, but he would not receive it.
  3. To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
  4. (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
    • to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
    Synonyms:
    have
  5. (transitive) To incur (an injury).
    • I received a bloody nose from the collision.
  6. To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
    • For the Phariſes and all the Jewes, except they waſh their hands oft, eate not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they waſh, they eate not. And many other things there be, which they have receiued to hold, as the waſhing of cups and pots, braſen...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 7:3–4, column 2

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Questions about recieve

What is recieve the misspelling of?
Recieve is the misspelling of receive.

Words near recieve in the dictionary

  1. recidivize
  2. recidivized
  3. recidivizes
  4. recidivizing
  5. recidivous
  6. recieve
  7. Recife
  8. reciliate
  9. reciliated
  10. reciliating
  11. reciliation

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