Definitions of receive:

• verb:   get something; come into possession of

  Example: "Receive payment"

• verb:   have or give a reception
• verb:   receive a specified treatment (abstract)

  Example: "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"

• verb:   regard favorably or with disapproval

  Example: "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

• verb:   accept as true or valid

  Example: "He received Christ"

• verb:   partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
• verb:   convert into sounds or pictures

  Example: "Receive the incoming radio signals"

• verb:   express willingness to have in one's home or environs

  Example: "The community warmly received the refugees"

• verb:   recieve (perceptual input)
• verb:   of mental or physical states or experiences

  Example: "Receive injuries"

• verb:   receive as a retribution or punishment
• verb:   bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
• verb:   experience as a reaction