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verb (v)

• get something; come into possession of(verb.possession)

  Example:
  Receive payment.
  Receive a gift.
  Receive letters from the front.
  

  Synonym:
  have
  

  source: wordnet30
• receive a specified treatment (abstract)(verb.change)

  Example:
  These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation.
  His movie received a good review.
  

  Synonym:
  find, get, incur, obtain
  

  source: wordnet30
• register (perceptual input)(verb.perception)

  Synonym:
  pick up
  

  source: wordnet30
• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)(verb.perception)

  Example:
  Receive injuries.
  

  Synonym:
  experience, get, have
  

  source: wordnet30
• express willingness to have in one's home or environs(verb.contact)

  Example:
  The community warmly received the refugees.
  

  Synonym:
  invite, take in
  

  source: wordnet30
• accept as true or valid(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  He received Christ.
  

  source: wordnet30
• bid welcome to; greet upon arrival(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  welcome
  Antonym:
  say farewell
  

  source: wordnet30
• convert into sounds or pictures(verb.change)

  Example:
  Receive the incoming radio signals.
  

  source: wordnet30
• experience as a reaction(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  encounter, meet
  

  source: wordnet30
• have or give a reception(verb.social)

  source: wordnet30
• receive as a retribution or punishment(verb.perception)

  Synonym:
  get
  

  source: wordnet30
• partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament(verb.consumption)

  source: wordnet30
• regard favorably or with disapproval(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  Her new collection of poems was not well received.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.(verb)

  source: webster1913