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recipere
Latin · ancient
"to take back, to regain"
to take back, to regain, from re- (back) and capere (to take)
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receivre
Old French · medieval
"to accept something given or sent"
carried into French for accepting something given or sent
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receive
English · 1200s
"to take in or accept something given or sent"
settled as the English word for accepting or taking in something given
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