Verb

(en verb)

To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.

To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.

* 1835 ,

I walked enormous distances...garnering thoughts even from the heather.

* 1913 , in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

He garnered the fruit of his studies in seven volumes.

* 1956 ,

...its fleet went out to garner in the elusive but highly succulent fish.

(often figurative) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact; to reap.

He garnered a reputation as a language expert.

Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.

His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.

* 1983 ,

This country will never forget nor fail to honor those who have so courageously garnered our highest regard.

* 1999 ,

President Roosevelt garnered the support of our working men and women...

(rare) to gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.

* 1849 ,

For this alone on Death I wreak / The wrath that garners in my heart;

Verb

(receiv)

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.

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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Our hearts receive your warnings.

*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.

*(Bible), viii.64:

*:The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.

*, chapter=19

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= No hiding place , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}

To take possession of.

To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.

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*(Bible), (w) xxviii.2:

*:They kindled a fire, and received us every one.

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*:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.

To suffer from (an injury).

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To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.

*(Bible), (w) vii.4:

*:Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.

(lb) To detect a signal from a transmitter.

(lb) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.

# To be in a position to hit back a service.

#(lb) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.

To accept into the mind; to understand.

*, I.57:

*:I cannot receive that manner, whereby we establish the continuance of our life.