Re-çēiv'er, n.
n. [From Eng. receive, Fr. receveur, Pr. recebeire.]
Sense 1. One who takes or receives in any manner.
Sense 2. (Law.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court of chancery, to receive and hold in trust money or other property which is the subject of litigation pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases. Bouvier.
Sense 3. One who takes stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen, and incurs the guilt of partaking in the crime. Blackstone.
Sense 4. (Chem.) (a.) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. (b.) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.
Sense 5. (Pneumatics.) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air-pump.