Middle English Dictionary Entry
receivāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | receivāble adj. Also res(s-, resc-, ressaivable, receveable. |
| Etymology | AF receivable & OF recevable. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Able to be received, capable of being received; acceptable; (b) of an excuse: admissible; (c) able to receive, capable of receiving; ~ thing, a receptacle, container.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.2.5 : In fijr is preued gold & siluer; men forsoþe resceyuable [WB(2): worthi to be resseyued; L receptibiles] in þe chymne of meeknesse.
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)58 : So þerfore semes hit þat tribulacion makis þo prayer more preciouse & more receyuable.
b
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)198/7 : Thyne inconstaunce ought to be callid more thanne myne, and thyne excusacione lasse receueable [vrr. reseyvable, ressayuable; resoynable; CQ(1): resonable] thanne myne.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.4.14 : Þei sholyn putte wiþ hit alle þe vessels þe whiche þei vsyn in þe seruyse of hit, þat is, þe reseyuable þynges [vr. resseyuable thinges; WB(2): ressettis; L receptacula] of furys, flesch hokys, & brandyrys.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)163/26 : Bernard seiþ þe spirit þat is reseyuable bitokeneþ sesinge of synne.