▪ I. † reˈcept, n.1 Obs.
[a. OF. recept, ad. L. recept-um, or refashioning of recet reset n. under influence of the L. spelling; in later use prob. directly associated with the L. form.]
= receipt n., in various senses. (Chiefly in 16th c.)
| 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 246 Bestis that no recepte haue tremblyth..for the colde. 1503 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 524/2 Of all suche receptes, reteynders and perceyvyng. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. G iij, These two coniunctions of bones be called the recepte of the hande. 1571–2 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. II. 108 [At] the tyme of thair recept in the universitie. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 246 Thirst which requireth moyst recepts. 1631 Strathbogie Presbytery Bk. (1843) 5 Thomas Murray,..summondit for recept and consulting with witches. |
▪ II. recept, n.2
(ˈriːsɛpt)
[ad. L. recept-um (see receipt), after concept, percept.]
A term suggested by Romanes to express a ‘compound idea’ formed by the repetition of similar percepts.
| 1888 Romanes Mental Evol. Man ii. 36 In addition, then, to the terms Percept and Concept, I coin the word Recept... A recept is that which is taken again, or a re-cognition of things previously cognized. Ibid. 37 Recepts, then, are spontaneous associations, formed unintentionally as what may be termed unperceived abstractions. 1889 Mivart Orig. Hum. Reason 217 The relation between the highest recept of a brute and the lowest concept of a man. |
▪ III. † reˈcept, v. Obs.
[var. receipt v.1; cf. recept n.1 and OF. recepter.]
trans. To harbour, reset. = receipt v.1
| 1472 Surtees Misc. (1888) 25 Robert Broun..receptes Scottes and othir suspect peple. 1542 in Add. MS. 32,646 (B.M.) lf. 197 b, The Names of certain of the most notable and arrant traitours recepted in Scotland. c 1670 in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 44 And further, That I, nor they shall Recept, Supply, or Commune with forfeited Persons. 1687 in Burnet Six Papers 54 It is declared High Treason..to Recept, Supply or Intercomon with declared..Traitors. |