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Recipient

//ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
receiving not-comparable

Noun

1
One who receives.
"the recipient of money or goods"
2
the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause wordnet
3
A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
4
a person who receives something wordnet
5
The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

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