recept

[ ree-sept ]

/ ˈri sɛpt /

noun

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

Nearby words

receiving order, receiving set, recency effect, recension, recent, recept, receptacle, receptible, reception, reception centre, reception desk

Origin of recept

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

Related forms

re·cep·tu·al

[ri-sep-choo-uh l] /rɪˈsɛp tʃu əl/, adjectivere·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for recept

The latter was paid in 1658, as appears from an entry, 'Recept.
Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867|William Dunn Macray

British Dictionary definitions for recept

recept

/ (ˈriːsɛpt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for recept

C20: from re- + (con) cept

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