reception
reception is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being received.
- 2.The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith.
- 3.Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. Locke.
- 4.A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accept
- acceptance
- accipient
- accrue
- acquire
- acquisition
- admission
- admit
- almsman
- assignee
- beneficiary
- bestow
- build
- catch
- class
- combination
- come
- component
- compose
- composed
- composition
- comprehend
- comprehension
- consist
- constitute
- constitution
- contain
- crasis
- devisee
- donee
- drag
- embodiment
- embody
- embrace
- enter
- fall
- feoffee
- fill
- form
- formation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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