accipient

English

Etymology

From the Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“I receive”), whence accept.

Noun

accipient (plural accipients)

  1. (obsolete) A receiver.
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References
  • accipient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Verb

accipient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of accipiō
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