Re*cep"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. r'eceptif. 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.

 

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