Reception

Reception
Reception Re*cep"tion (r[-e]*s[e^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [F. r['e]ception, L. receptio, fr. recipere, receptum. See {Receive}.] 1. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence. [1913 Webster]

2. The state of being received. [1913 Webster]

3. The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. [1913 Webster]

What reception a poem may find. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. [1913 Webster]

Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]


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