Crossword clues for receptive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Receptive \Re*cep"tive\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]ceptif. See Receive.] Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies.
--Glanvill.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin recipere (see receive). Related: Receptivity.
Wiktionary
a. 1 capable of receiving something 2 ready to receive new ideas or concepts
WordNet
adj. open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals" [ant: unreceptive]
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn: centripetal, sensory(a)]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "receptive".
However, she was a patient woman and she knew that as soon as Brewster managed to clear up whatever problem was presently occupying his attention, there would be a space of time, however short, in which he would be receptive to new ideas.
Lawyer Paravant rattled his ear anew, that the critical moment might find it open and receptive.
It might not technically be necessary to have an orgasm in order to become pregnant, but Claudia was secretly convinced that there was something about the deep, convulsive movement that rendered her womb particularly responsive and receptive to the act of procreation, the creation of a new life.
Antokolsky, the painter Repin, as well as Gartman, who were all receptive to his unschooled style of music, and more tolerant of his alcoholic ways, than the rather staid composers of St Petersburg.
Moreover, Germany had given the Turkish military Patriot antimissile interceptors, a move intended to protect the Turks against an Iraqi missile attack, but which the Bush administration hoped would make Ankara more receptive to the idea of opening a northern front.
But in a situation like this, Cirri could only hope that the man who had sent her such an appealing iDream would be as receptive to her fantasies as she was to his.
Reports emerged testifying to male dogs which, upon dosing with cocaine, became uncontrollably priapic, of bitches suddenly becoming receptive to amorous advances from all comers.
Though any male past puberty could mate with a receptive estrus female, bulls were far more successful when they were in musth.
As first kisses went, it was kind of a nonevent, but no noses ended up out of alignment, no teeth got cracked, and Kris seemed, if not enthusiastic, at least receptive.
Heterocephalus colony is too inbred, an occasional male becomes much heavier and is reluctant to mate, even when his own queen is in oestrus and receptive.
Without any preliminaries, he mounted her, finding her wet and receptive.
But the active power in the sacraments is conferred by the sacrament of order: while the passive or receptive power is conferred by the sacrament of Baptism.
Lando and Tendra were on their comlinks lauding the virtues of YVH war droids to suddenly receptive New Republic procurement officers.
Otto was a goodhearted man and had become fond of Baudolino because he found him receptive, capable of retaining in his memory everything he heard.
Muffy could not help but think of mice, whose females become fertile--they ovulate and become receptive to the male--when exposed to the pheromonic scent of male urine.