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accipient

Accipient (noun) means someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).

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Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“to receive”), whence accept.

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"accipient" (noun) means someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).

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