Middle English Dictionary Entry
recepten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | recepten v. P.ppl. recept(e. |
| Etymology | OF recepter, var. of receter & L receptāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. recetten v.
1.
(a) To receive (money), take in; (b) to take (medicine); (c) to welcome (sb.), greet; (d) to harbor (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- (1442) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 7115 : Sum of all recept the year before, xxii li. xvi s. viii d. ob.
b
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)67/8 : Aloe and comyn, recepte bi þe mouþe, opneþ veynez.
c
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.348 : He..rode on alwaye Vnto Paris, wher he was faire recepte With lordes many and worshipfully was mette.
d
- (1472) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8525 : Robert Coureenay receptes mysgoverned persones and suspect of felony, by nyghtes..Robert Broun..receptes Scottes and othir suspect peple.