Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin recipere, with a change in conjugation. First attested in the 20th c. Doublet of ricevere.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /re.t͡ʃeˈpi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: re‧ce‧pì‧re

Verb edit

recepìre (first-person singular present recepìsco, first-person singular past historic recepìi, past participle recepìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to understand, to take in
  2. to acknowledge (a situation)
  3. (law) to absorb, assimilate (norms from other legal systems)

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References edit

  • recepire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • recepire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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