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Webster 1913 Edition

(rē̍-sĕp′tĭv)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

réceptif

. See

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing;

as, a

receptive

mind

Imaginary space is

receptive

of all bodies.

Glanvill.

Adj.

Having the quality of receiving or admitting what is communicated.

Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies.

See also: receptive

réceptive