The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Receive \Re*ceive"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Received (r[-e]*s[=e]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Receiving.]
   [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref.
   re- re- + capere to take, seize. See Capable, Heave, and
   cf. Receipt, Reception, Recipe.]
   1. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed,
      sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money
      offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a
      message, or a letter.
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            Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer.
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   2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by
      assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion,
      notion, etc.; to embrace.
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            Our hearts receive your warnings.     --Shak.
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            The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
                                                  --Locke.
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   3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give
      credence or acceptance to.
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            Many other things there be which they have received
            to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark
                                                  vii. 4.
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   4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's
      house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a
      lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
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            They kindled a fire, and received us every one.
                                                  --Acts xxviii.
                                                  2.
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   5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have
      capacity for; to be able to take in.
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            The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too
            little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings
                                                  viii. 64.
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   6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected
      to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or
      a blow; to receive damage.
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            Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton.
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   7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
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   8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served.
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   Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited
      sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.
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   Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit.

   Usage: Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the
          act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with
          approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is
          offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to
          hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a
          present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to
          dine with a friend.
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                Who, if we knew
                What we receive, would either not accept
                Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down.
                                                  --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

received
    adj 1: conforming to the established language usage of educated
           native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received
           standard English is sometimes called the King's English"
           (British) [syn: standard, received] [ant:
           nonstandard]
    2: widely accepted as true or worthy; "a received moral idea";
       "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"-
       Economist

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

128 Moby Thesaurus words for "received":
   Christian, accepted, acclaimed, acknowledged, admired, admitted,
   advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, approved, authentic,
   authenticated, authoritative, avowed, backed, being done, believed,
   canonical, cathedral, certified, comme il faut, conceded,
   confessed, confirmed, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional,
   correct, countersigned, credited, cried up, current, customary,
   de rigueur, decent, decorous, endorsed, established, evangelical,
   everyday, ex cathedra, faithful, familiar, favored, favorite, firm,
   fixed, folk, formal, generally accepted, granted, hallowed,
   handed down, heroic, highly touted, hoary, immemorial,
   in good odor, inveterate, legendary, literal, long-established,
   long-standing, magisterial, meet, mythological, normal, notarized,
   obtaining, of long standing, of the faith, of the folk, official,
   oral, ordinary, orthodox, orthodoxical, popular, prescribed,
   prescriptive, prevalent, professed, proper, ratified, recognized,
   recommended, regular, regulation, right, rooted, sanctioned,
   scriptural, sealed, seemly, set, signed, sound, stamped, standard,
   stock, supported, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, textual,
   time-honored, traditional, traditionalistic, tried and true, true,
   true-blue, trusted, uncontested, understood, underwritten,
   undisputed, undoubted, unquestioned, unsuspected, unwritten, usual,
   validated, venerable, warranted, well-thought-of, widespread,
   wonted, worshipful