receit

English

Noun

receit (plural receits)

1. Obsolete form of receipt.
   • 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volumes (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

     in a retired receit together lay

     The spelling has been modernized.

   • 1622, Francis Bacon, Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry VII, Cambridge University Press, published 1902, page 154:

     The lords that were appointed to circle the hill, had some days before planted themselves, as at the receit, in places convenient.

References

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

Anagrams

• cerite, recite, tierce, tiercé

Middle English

Noun

receit (plural receits)

1. receipt
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     What shal this receit cost? Telleth me now.
     Of this receit, farewel, it n'old not be.

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