receit

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English

Noun

receit (plural receits)

Obsolete form of receipt.
- 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. , London: Rich Field , for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, , volumes (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, , 1857, →OCLC:
  in a retired receit together lay
  The spelling has been modernized.
- 1622, Francis Bacon, Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry VII, Cambridge University Press, published 1902, page 154:
  The lords that were appointed to circle the hill, had some days before planted themselves, as at the receit, in places convenient.

References

“receit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

cerite, recite, tierce, tiercé

Middle English

Noun

receit (plural receits)

receipt
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC:
  What shal this receit cost? Telleth me now.
  Of this receit, farewel, it n'old not be.
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