rĕcepto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. [recipio],
to take again , receive back; to recover , retake (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.): quae cava corpore caeruleo cortina receptat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 48 Müll. (Ann. v. 9 Vahl.); cf. Lucr. 2, 1001: placido natura receptat Cuncta sinu, Luc. 7, 810: corpus omnes Paulatim redit in sensus animamque receptat, and takes or receives back again , Lucr. 3, 505.— To receive habitually or often , admit , harbor , protect , etc.: meum receptas filium ad te Pamphilum, i. e. you receive my son’s visits , Ter. Hec. 743: mercatores, to receive , admit , Liv. 5, 8; Tac. A. 3, 60: hastam receptat Ossibus haerentem, tugs back the spear , Verg. A. 10, 383.—With se , to betake one’s self anywhere, to withdraw , retire , recede : quo in tectum te receptes, Ter. Heaut. 968: Saturni sese quo stella receptet, Verg. G. 1, 336: mare, quā multā litus se valle receptat, Pers. 6, 8.