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receive
verb (receiv, ing)
  1. to get, to be given something while the other party is the active partner (opposite: to obtain)
  2. to take possession of
Translations: 
  • Dutch: ontvangen
  • French: recevoir
  • German: empfangen
  • Italian: ricevere
  • Spanish: recibir
Etymology: 
  • Ultimately from Latin recipere, or re- + capere "to take back"


     
 
  

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