v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Receded; p. pr. & vb. n. Receding. ] [ L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. recéder. See Cede. ] 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the hollow roar
Of tides receding from the insulted shore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + cede. Cf. Recede, v. i. ] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting. ] 1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive. ] 1. The act of receiving; reception. “At the receipt of your letter.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Place of receiving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. ix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [ Obs. ] “In a retired receipt together lay.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake. [ 1913 Webster ]

She had a receipt to make white hair black. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gross receipts. See under Gross, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Receipt. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being receivable; receivableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. recevable. ] Capable of being received. -- Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Bills receivable. See under 6th Bill. [1913 Webster]