accipient

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“to receive”), whence accept. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əkˈsɪpiənt/ === Noun === accipient (plural accipients) (Late Modern, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives). === References === “accipient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === accipient third-person plural future active indicative of accipiō