Receive vs Foretake - What's the difference?
receive | foretake |
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.
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, title= 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.
To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
*1855 , John Claudius Pitrat, Paul and Julia :
*2006 , Robert L. Sanders, An Appeal to Reveal Poetic Ideal :
*2010 , Raymond A. Francis, True Experiences: The Sins That Brought Me to My Knees :
To take or choose before another (option); prefer.
*2011 , Jacqueline Prost, Journey Through Experiences :
As verbs the difference between receive and foretake
is that receive is to take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc; to accept; to be given something while foretake is to take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.As a noun receive
is (telecommunications) an operation in which data is received.receive
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(receiv)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.}}
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.}}
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* 1000 English basic wordsforetake
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Verb
- You shall bring and lay in our hands tne product of your activity: we will divide it into two parts — the one shall be ours; it shall be sacred; you shall call it tithe; we will foretake it [...]
- Enraptures a man to foretake his pleasure, And capture a woman to partake her treasure.
- Upon entering, she showed me to the bedroom. I got undressed and laid on the bed, thinking of the course of action I had to foretake as I lay there.
- To be healthy and acknowledged I strive to be my very best / I am grateful and thankful For the blessings I do have / I foretake to dream the biggest dream yet [...]