accipient
English
Etymology
From the Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“I receive”), whence accept.
Noun
accipient (plural accipients)
- (obsolete) A receiver.
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References
- accipient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Verb
accipient
- third-person plural future active indicative of accipiō