recipient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who receives.
A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

adj

/ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/ /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recipient.wav

recipient recipients

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

accepter accipient acquirer getter obtainer procurer receiver recipient securer addressee

giver

receiving receive

corecipient geniculorecipient multirecipient nonrecipient recipientship retinorecipient subrecipient

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