receptible, a. Now rare.
(rɪˈsɛptɪb(ə)l)
Also 7 -able.
[ad. late L. receptibilis: see -ible and cf. obs. F. receptible (Godef.).]
1. That may be received, receivable.
| 1574 Newton Health Mag. G, Hoate bread he vtterlie discommendeth..because it is not (as he there affirmeth) receptible of nature. 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 60 Whether it be a clear and receptable distinction of magick. 1886 C. A. Ward in Temple Bar Mag. LXXVII. 542 A bright idea is lost on the masses, and the smoke of verbosity is required to make it receptible by their understanding. |
2. Capable of receiving. Const. of.
| 1656 Stanley Hist. Philos. v. (1701) 201/1 Water, continually flowing, easily receptable of any Form. 1793 Holcroft tr. Lavater's Physiog. xxxiv. 175 All their organs are tender, yielding, easily wounded, sensible and receptible. 1894 Emanuel Swedenborg v. 113 Not a conception of life but only of the first and purest forms receptible of life. |