recept

American

[ree-sept] / ˈri sɛpt /

noun

an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.

recept British

/ ˈriːsɛpt /

noun

psychol an idea or image formed in the mind by repeated experience of a particular pattern of sensory stimulation

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Origin of recept

1885–90; noun use of Latin receptum, neuter past participle of recipere to receive

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Miss Griswold & Miss Meriam, having departed some time agone, I forget whether I mention'd the recept of Nancy's present.

From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Winslow, Anna Green

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