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received

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re·ceived  (r-svd)
adj.
Having been accepted as true or worthy: "Received political wisdom says not. Surveys show otherwise" (Economist).
received
Adjective
generally accepted or believed: contrary to received wisdom
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Adj.1.received - conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British)
standard
linguistics - the scientific study of language
2.received - widely accepted as true or worthy; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist
conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"


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Some days later, the insurance offices (two in number) received the formal announcement of Lord Montbarry's death, from her ladyship's London solicitors.
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If at the beginning of the enterprise they had excited such emotion both in the old and new world, with what enthusiasm would they be received on their return
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One morning my father received a letter from Lady Malkinshaw herself, informing him, in a handwriting crooked with poignant grief, and blotted at every third word by the violence of virtuous indignation, that "Thersites Junior" was his own son, and that, in one of the last of the "ribald's" caricatures her own venerable features were unmistakably represented as belonging to the body of a large owl!
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