(a) To take (a material object) into one's hand or possession, accept possession of (sth.); receive custody of (goods, livestock); accept (a gift); also, accept (a glove) offered as a token of challenge; -- also without obj.; (b) to collect (a sum of money, rents, debts, etc.), take in, obtain, be given; -- also without obj.; (c) to receive or accept delivery of (a letter); (d) to take (land, a tenement, one's kingdom, a benefice) into one's possession, come into possession of; (e) ~ (kingdom and) coroune, to succeed to the throne, be crowned; also fig.; (f) to earn (a reward), obtain (sth.) as one's deserts; get (what one asks for); -- also without obj.

(a) Of God, Christ: to accept (a proffered sacrifice or offering); look with favor on (a marriage, prayer); (b) of God, a heathen god, Criseyde: to accept (a soul, spirit, sb. when dead) into keeping; ?also, hold (angels in bondage); (c) to accept (a book or poem), regard favorably.

(a) To receive or catch (sth.) in or in the manner of a receptacle, take in, admit; allow (sth.) to enter; admit (the end of a bone) into a socket; (b) to contain (sth. or sb.), hold; be able to accept or take in (sth.); also, keep (medicine) down, retain; -- also without obj.; (c) to perceive (a sound), hear.

(a) To ingest (sth.), eat, drink; take (medicine) into the body; also fig.; -- also without obj.; (b) to take (the sacrament, sacramental elements), partake of.

(a) To have (a quality, virtue, sight, form, shape, etc.) bestowed, esp. by God; be endowed with (sth.), be granted; -- also, without obj.: receive one's sight; (b) to accept (a quality, virtue, vice, fate, etc.) that is offered or available, take willingly, respond to; accept (a faith); (c) ~ holi gost, to be imbued with the Holy Ghost; (d) to have (a religious order, the order of knighthood, an office) bestowed upon one, be admitted to, enter.

(a) To undergo (baptism, a sacrament); be given (a benediction, penance, judgment, etc.); experience (remission of sins, an influence); -- also without obj.; (b) to have (a blow, wound, wrong, etc.) inflicted on one, endure; suffer (death, punishment, disdain, swelling, etc.); -- also without obj.; (c) to receive the imprint of (a mark, sense impression, writing); (d) to allow (healing, variations, etc.), admit of; (e) to have (a law, commandment) imposed on one.

(a) To accept (sth.) as authoritative or true, believe, consider valid; -- also without obj.; ~ word(es, heed words, accept God's word; ppl. received, approved, accepted; (b) to understand (sth.), comprehend; -- also without obj.; (c) to regard (sth. in a specified manner); ~ for, regard (sth.) as (sth.); (d) to receive information about (sth.), learn; be given (commands); (e) to grant (sth.), admit.

To welcome (sb., sb. in a specified manner), greet; also, treat (sb. in a specified manner).

(a) To give accommodation to (sb.), take in, shelter; harbor (fugitives); put (sb.) in jail; also, keep or shelter (animals); ~ in (in-to), admit (sb.) to (a house, city, paradise), allow to enter into; ~ in (in-to) herberwe, shelter (sb.), admit (sb.) as a guest; also fig.; (b) to accept (sb.), admit to favor; (c) to believe in (Christ, God, a prophet); (d) to accept the surrender of (sb.); (e) ppl. received, astrol. of a planet: assisted in influence by another planet, each planet being situated in a sign where the other has a dignity.

(a) To admit (sb.) to membership in a guild, religious community, household, etc.; allow (sb.) to become a novice, knight, etc.; (b) to hire (sb.), appoint; take on (an apprentice, a workman); (c) to accept (sb.); accept (sb. as sth.); ~ as (as for, for, to), accept or take (sb.) as (sth.).

(a) To allow (sb. to do sth.), permit; (b) ~ to (in, until, unto), to admit (sb.) to (grace, mercy, penance, etc.).

(a) To help (sb.), aid; (b) to catch (sb.), take in one's arms; hold (sb.); (c) to get (sb.) back; ~ in weld, get (sb.) in one's power; (d) ben received, to be taken up.

(a) Error for reserven v.; (b) error for resignen v.