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ADJECTIVE (4)

1. open to arguments, ideas, or change;
- Example: "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"

2. ready or willing to receive favorably;
- Example: "receptive to the proposals"
[syn: receptive, open]

3. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system;
- Example: "sensory neurons"
[syn: centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)]

4. able to absorb liquid (not repellent);
- Example: "the paper is ink-receptive"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Receptive \Re*cep"tive\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
   r['e]ceptif. See Receive.]
   Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in,
   absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a
   receptive mind.
   [1913 Webster]

         Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. --Glanvill.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

receptive
    adj 1: open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason
           and the logic of facts"
    2: ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the
       proposals" [syn: receptive, open] [ant: unreceptive]
    3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing
       toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn:
       centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)]
    4: able to absorb liquid (not repellent); "the paper is ink-
       receptive"