n. [ F. réception, L. receptio, fr. recipere, receptum. See Receive. ] 1. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state of being received. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. [ 1913 Webster ]
What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]
Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. A retaking; a recovery. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]