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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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