Re-cip'i-ent1, a.
a. Receiving.
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Recipient
Re-cip'i-ent2, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. recipiens, receiving, p. pr. of recipere, to receive, Fr. récipient, It. & Sp. recipiente, n. and a.] A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, any thing is communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.