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receptive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Receptive \Re*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]ceptif. See {Receive}.] Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in absorb, hold or contain; receiving or containing; as a receptive mind. Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. --Glanvill. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: receptive adj 1: open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts" 2: ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals" [ant: {unreceptive}] 3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn: {centripetal}, {sensory(a)}]
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