Definitions for the word, receive

(v. i.) To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

(v. i.) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.

(v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

(v. t.) To bat back (the ball) when served.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

(v. t.) 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.


24 words found in the Scrabble word, receive



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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