These are the meanings of the letters IVECERE when you unscramble them.
- Receive (v. i.)
To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
- Receive (v. i.)
To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
- Receive (v. t.)
Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
- Receive (v. t.)
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
- Receive (v. t.)
To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
- Receive (v. t.)
To bat back (the ball) when served.
- Receive (v. t.)
To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
- Receive (v. t.)
To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
- Receive (v. t.)
To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
- Receive (v. t.)
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.