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Webster 1828 Edition


Receiving

RECE'IVING

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ppr.
Taking; accepting; admitting; embracing; believing; entertaining.

Definition 2024


receiving

receiving

English

Verb

receiving

  1. present participle of receive

Noun

receiving (plural receivings)

  1. The act by which something is received; reception.
    • Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
      Those that are received graciously may, and must, render the calves of their lips — poor returns for rich receivings, yet, if sincere, more acceptable than the calves of the stall.