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)

1. (obsolete) A receiver.

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References

• “accipient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) accipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of accipiō