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recipient (iou)



recipient noun & adjective. M16.
[French recipient from Italian recipiente or Latin recipient- pres. ppl stem of recipere RECEIVE: see -ENT.]
A. noun.
A person who or thing which receives something. M16.
universal recipient: see UNIVERSAL adjective.
H. Kissinger Abrams had..been the recipient of..Presidential largesse. M. Forster He was a safe recipient of her affections.
Linguistics. The indirect object of a verb. M20.
b. adjective. That receives or is capable of receiving; receptive. E17.
recipience noun (rare) L19.
recipiency noun L18.