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    recipiō cēpī (recepsō for recēperō, Ct.), ceptus, ere    [re+capio].    I. To take back, bring back, carry back, retake, get back, regain, recover: dandis recipiendisque meritis, by an exchange of services: si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat, Cs.: reges, L.: canam, recepto Caesare felix, H.: Tarentum, recaptured: praeda recepta est, L.: Pectore in adverso ensem Condidit, et recepit, drew out again, V.: suos omnīs incolumes (sc. ex oppido in castra), withdraw, Cs.: cohortes defessos, Cs.: Illum medio ex hoste, rescue, V.—With pron reflex., to draw back, withdraw, betake oneself, retire, retreat, escape: se ex hisce locis: se ex fugā, Cs.: se recipiendi spatium, L.: se ad Caesarem, Cs.: ex castris in oppidum sese, Cs.: rursus se ad signa, Cs.: se in novissimos, L.: sub murum se, Cs.: eo se, Cs.: Neque sepulcrum quo recipiat habeat, portum corporis (sc. se), Enn. ap. C.—Fig., to bring back: (vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum.— To get back, receive again, regain, recover, repossess: antiquam frequentiam recipere urbem pati, L.: et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit, got back, O.: quam (vitam) postquam recepi, recovered, O.: animam, T.: a pavore recepto animo, L.: voltumque animumque, O.: mente receptā, H.—With pron reflex., to betake oneself, withdraw, retire: ad frugem bonam: ad reliquam cogitationem belli, Cs.— To recover, collect oneself, resume self-possession: ut me recepi: nullum spatium recipiendi se dedit, L.: se ex terrore, Cs.: totā me mente, O.—    II. To take to oneself, take in, admit, accept, receive, welcome: Excludor, ille recipitur, T.: Xerxem, await the attack of: hos tutissimus portus recipiebat, Cs.: Mosa ex Rheno recepta insulam efficit, Cs.: equus frenum recepit, submitted to, H.: Hominem amicum ad te, T.: hominem ad epulas: gentes in civitatem receptae: deorum in templa, H.: Ilergetes in ius dicionemque, L.: reges in amicitiam, S.: sidera in caelo recepta, O.: tecto recipi, Cs.: illum suis urbibus: oppido ac portu recepti, Cs.: legatos moenibus, S.: eum domum suam: ut domum ad se quisque hospitio reciperet, Cs.—Of money or income, to take in, receive, collect, acquire, gain: pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus: pecunia, quae recipi potest.—Of weapons or fetters, to submit to, accept, receive, expose oneself to: necesse erat ab latere aperto tela recipi, Cs.: ferrum: donec (equus) frenum recepit, H.—Of places, to seize, capture, take, possess, occupy: Praeneste per deditionem, L.: oppido recepto, Cs.: rem p. armis, S. —Fig., to take upon oneself, assume, receive, accept, admit, allow: in semet ipsum religionem, to burden himself with, L.: antiquitas recepit fabulas: nec inconstantiam virtus recipit: timor misericordiam non recipit, Cs.: casūs recipere (res), be liable to, Cs.: re iam non ultra recipiente cunctationem, L. — To take up, undertake, accept, assume: causam Siciliae: id facere, quod recepissem, T.: officium. — To assume an obligation, pledge oneself, take the responsibility, be surety for, warrant, promise, engage: ad me recipio; Faciet, T.: promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.: promitto, recipio, spondeo, Caesarem talem semper fore, etc.: facturum, quod milites vellent, se recepit, L.: fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me, had given him a solemn assurance: ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio: mihi in Cumano se defensurum, etc.: postulabat ut... id ipsi fore reciperent, Cs.—Of a magistrate, with nomen, to entertain a charge against, enter as an accused person, indict: nomen absentis: appellantibus nemo erat auxilio, quin nomina reciperentur, L.