receiving

Roget category 785

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.2. Transfer of property

#785. Receiving

noun

receiving etc. v. — acquisition etc. 775 — reception etc. (introduction) 296 — suscipiency^†, acceptance, admission.
recipient, accipient^† — assignee, devisee — legatee, legatary^† — grantee, feoffee^†, donee [Fr.], releasee [Law], relessee^†, lessee — receiver.
sportulary^†, stipendiary — beneficiary — pensioner, pensionary^† — almsman^†.
income etc. (receipt) 810.

verb

receive — take etc. 789 — acquire etc. 775 — admit.
take in, catch, touch — pocket — put into one's pocket, put into one's purse — accept — take off one's hands.
be received — come in, come to hand — pass into one's hand, fall into one's hand — go into one's pocket — fall to one's lot, fall to one's share — come to one, fall to one — accrue — have given to one etc. 784.

adjective

receiving etc. v. — recipient, suscipient^†.
received etc. v. — given etc. 784 — secondhand.
not given, unbestowed etc. (give), (bestow) etc. 784.

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