accipient
English
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“I receive”), whence accept.
Noun
accipient (plural accipients)
- (obsolete) A receiver.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)
References
- “accipient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) accipient