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Resav(e, -saif(f, v. Also: res-, ra(s)-, rec-, ris- and -saw(e, -saf(e, -saff(e; -cave, -cawe; -saffi-; -sayf(f, -saiv(e, -sayve, -saiwe, -saywe, -saiyve; -caive, -caywe, -cayfe; -sauf, -sawf, -sauve; -seav(e, -seawe, -cea(i)ve, -ceawe; -saeve, -saef; -seve, -sew(e, -ceve, -cevv-, -sef(f; -sevi-; -seive, -sive, -siwe; -ceyve, -ceiv(e, -ceiwe; -cieve, -cyeve; -schave. P.t. and p.p. res(s)avit, etc., and re-, rasave. [ME and e.m.E. receiue, -ceiuf, -ceve (all Cursor M.), resseyve(n (Wyclif), ressaive (1300–20), resave (c1420), receaue (1516), also rescyue (14th c.), ONF receivre, -ceyvre, = OF reçoivre (11–13th c. in Greimas), L. recipere, f. re- and capere to take; also OF recevir, recevoir, late L. *recipēre. Cf. Irish dial. resaive (14–16th c.).For possible instances of syncopated forms of the p.t. and p.p. (res(s)ait, etc.) see Resait v.]

To receive.The distinction drawn by OED between the ‘more active’ and the ‘almost passive’ senses (broadly corresponding to the distinction between to take and to be given) is found also in Scots, and here forms a basis for distinguishing between both main senses and, in some instances, subdivisions within a sense.

I. tr. With a material thing or animal as object. II. With a person as object. III. With a non-material thing as object. IV. In certain special phrases. V. absol. or intr. uses.

I. tr. With a material thing or animal as object.

1. To accept (in a specified manner) (a thing offered, presented or committed to one's keeping).(1) 1375 Barb. xviii 225.
Jhone Mavpas till the king had it [sc. the head] And he ressawyt it in daynte Ib. xx 289 (C).
Dowglas His hert … Has resauit in gret dantee c1400 Troy-bk. i 101.
The fare gyftes, to ws sent … We haf ressauit in the maner As skill wald thai ressauit were 1549 Compl. 7/26.
That nobil kyng … resauit that litil quantite of cleen vattir as humainly as it hed been … gold a1586 Maitland Geneal. Setoun 7.
Willing the same [book] to be thankfullie receauit 1567 G. Ball. 18.
All meit & drink was creat be the Lord, Ressauit for to be with thankfulnes c1590 Fowler II 10/26.
That ȝour lordschip will als courteously raceaue this present … as I offer it willinglie(2) pres. 1397 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 32.
Al thingis at the officeris … ressayvis … thai sal ger deliuir in als gude plite as thai ressayve thaym in 1456 Hay I 285/26.
[If] appellacioun of bataill be maid, and the party ressavis the gage of bataill [etc.] a1500 Colk. Sow iii 138.
Set thi moder, sone, wald thame [sc. eggs] nocht ressaif 15.. Clar. ii 1893.
Ȝe sall resave this, gentill cousingne a1568 Scott ix 11.
This woundit hairt, sweit hairt, ressaif a1605 Montg. Flyt. 428 (H).
Receiv this howlett aff our hands 1612 Orkney & Zetl. Sheriff Ct. 9.
Incais that ony of thame [sc. baillies] … ressave buddis or brybbis 1628 St. A. Baxter Bks. 90.
And that he sall nocht receaue or gait … any kynd of daugh, siluer [etc.] … fra ony brother of the baikhows 1651 Nicoll Diary 46.
Resave this chepter, the signne of the royall power of the kingdomep.t., p.p. c1475 Wall. xi 1375.
Fra worthi Bruce had rasauit his croun [etc.] 1533 Boece 201b.
Fincormak … resauit the crowne be the handis of Craithlinth apoun his dede bed 1537 Glasgow Prot. IV 115.
In presens of … balyaes of Glasgw John Law rasavit the keiis of his place and bwtht 1596 Breadalbane Ct. Bk. 128.
Indytit for … murthuor … And in taikin thow ressauit and weir his coytt and vtheris claithis 1613 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 126.
Decernis John McCrobert and Thomas Bell to deliuer to William Fullartoun elder ane meikill pot quhilk thai ressauit for John Andersones ponie or ten merkis therfoir 1623 Kinghorn Kirk S. 23.
[The] minister hawing resauit in the pulpit ane tickit [etc.](b) 1513 Doug. v ix 93.
The wageour hes ressaue He that the lysch and lyam in sondir drave

b. To accept (a coin) as valid currency. 1567 Reg. Privy C. I 510.
That nane of thame tak upoun hand to ressave fra … strangearis, ony of the saidis hardheidis [etc.] … or ony uther maner of layit money, in payment 1568 Aberd. B. Rec. I 366.
[The community] ordanit the saidis collectouris to resaiff na bardheidis [sic] in payment of this taxatioune 1604 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I 214. 1627 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II 162.
That nane of thame ressaive anie dog dollours for the pryce of thair coales

2. To take (a thing) in one's hand. c1420 Wynt. iii 765.
As he wes … His yharne sponnyn resawand, And towe to spynyng delyverand 1549 Compl. 115/8.
He resauit the vryting in his kar hand 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1153.
Sa the paper and ink he did ressaue And wrait

b. To obtain; to get or take possession of. 1559 Inverness B. Rec. I 38.
That wrangle and aganis the law he ressaffis and byis his chepman leddyr fra Donald Dryne, quha is his [sc. the merchant's] feyt callan a1568 Scott i 107.
As beis takkis walx … of the floure … As waspis ressauis of the same bot soure, So [etc.] 1581 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 216.
That na maner of persounis … sell, mett furth, resaue, or vse … ony vther mesour of pek and furlett … nor [etc.] 1599 Irvine Mun. II 40.
Our burche … was forgevin upon this convention I sould presently resef the saidis forlat and pek 1619 Conv. Burghs III 80.
That ilk burgh sall ressave ane patrone and measure of the gage foresaid

3. To take formal possession of land or other property as proprietor or tenant, or to govern or administer it on behalf of another.(1) 1402 MacRae Early Sc. Texts No. 9.
Katerine … to delyvir the biggingis … in sic maner & als gude as scho ressaivyt thaim 1415 (1430) Reg. Great S. 39/1.
The sayd Huchon … and the sayd Jonet sal resayf tha landis into joyntfeftment 1418 Liber Melros 503.
He or thai sal recayfe agayne fra the saidez abbot and conuent hys said landis tenementis and byggynnis 1453 Douglas Bequest 10 June (see Reseise v.).
Resaffe a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 192.
This kyth and this castell … Ressaue as your awin 1501 Treas. Acc. II 124.
Quhill the place of Ternway be resavit 1507 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 140.
The said lady vphauldand the said place sicklyk as scho resaivis it 1529 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I 396.
To big agan the said brig … als stark and substantious as we resave the samyn 1554–5 Treas. Acc. X 268.
To ressave voultis fra the monkis to put in lyme 1564–5 Rec. Earld. Orkney 275. 1573 Prot. Bk. G. Fyiff 4.
Grantit him to haif resauit … the landis of … Jakistoun 1614 Lanark B. Rec. 120.
All burgessis … gang with the balleis … and resave thair daillis of the muir landis 1642 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III 38.
And … Androw hes grantit him to haw resauet sufficient standing houssis on the said toune 1659 Forbes Baron Ct. 224.
The haill tennentis … to vphold such biging as they resauit at thair entrie(2) 1375 Barb. xvii 223.
He … resawit of the king the toun And the castell and the dongeoun 1447 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 197.
We haue chargit … our comptrolloure … til ask and ressaue the castell of Kildrumy 1482 Fam. Rose 147.
Sa that … he … cum till ressave the castell quhen it beys takyn 1570 Reg. Morton I 54.
We will pray ȝow howsone ȝe may commodyouslie ressaue it [sc. the castle] 1645 Irving Dumbartonsh. I 71.]
[He had replied, ‘There is no loon like a loon provost who keeps the king's castle against those who are sent to receive it’(b) 1584 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 349.
William Littill, bailyie … to pas and resauve the said lugeing

b. Of a ruler: To take over, or succeed to, a kingdom or empire. 1533 Bell. Livy II 99/33.
Levand the empire in gude pece, quhilk he ressauit in grete trubill c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4411.
Siluester … Frome Constantene … Ressauit the realme of Italie a1586 Maitland Geneal. Setoun 17.
Efter … Bruce had receauit the realme … foorthe of the Inglismens hands 1596 Dalr. I 272/10.
Alpin, Dongal now deid, the kingdome receyues

4. To take formal delivery of goods, commodities or articles bought, or awarded or committed to one, (fra a person, out (furth) of a ship).Common in the phr. coft (bocht) and resavit.(1) pres. 1451 Acts II 40/2.
That … traist sworne men pas furth & resaif al the yrnis of the kingis strikaris … fra the grauouris 1492 Charter (Suppl.) (Reg. H.) 24 Oct.
Rasauand fyrst fra him sickyr souerte to do to ws at accordis of justice for his said land 1502 Halyb. xxi.
Ye sall resaiu … furth of Gilbert Edmestouns schipe, a boit of Malwesy, markit with ȝour mark 1649 Conv. Burghs III 345.
Resawp.t., p.p. 1398 MacRae Early Sc. Texts No. 5.
John … has resayvit fra Jonkyne Fergusson … twa scoyre oxen 1496 Halyb. 77, etc.
Rasauit off his out of the Lyon a sek of rottin skynis 1510 Rentale Dunkeld. (S.H.S.) 5.
Resawit fra my said lord ane signete of gode [sic] 1526–7 Edinb. B. Rec. I 230. 1529–30 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 20.
Ande ane other mair resavit be me fra hime to the saidis cartis 1536 Fraser P. 222.
Georg Striveling hes rasauit fra … Johne Drummond four gret gunnis 1567 Crim. Trials I i 493.
And thair … [they] ressavit the pulder fra thame 1571 Inverness Rec. I 203.
The saidis Thomas allegis to haif rasauit his schaiff fra the greiff 1583 Prot. Bk. J. Mason 219.
The said John grantit him ressavit certane merchand wairis fra the said Robert 1644 Army of the Covenant II 325.
Receaved from William Hoom Commissionar as his resait bears 624 bols Kelso measure(b) 1662 Rothesay B. Rec. 70.
The judges ordaynes Thomas to delyver the covering quhiche he gate and resave fra Kathereine Spence(2) 1459 Rep. Hist. MSS, Var. Coll. V 82.
Becaus thar was na nothyr that wald resaff is kawyl a1500 Gol & Gaw. 869.
For to ressaue the brand the berne wes full blith 1483 Acta Aud. *123/1.
[He is to] serch seke ressaue kepe & intermett with the gudis of the said Robert 1488 Treas. Acc. I 83.
Ressauit … ane haly-water fat of siluer 1507 Aberd. B. Rec. I 76.
Thomas Borrow … grauntit him resauit be the handis of Androw Cullane prouest … four lastis and d. last salmonde … for ten fuder of led 1513 Doug. vii iii 52.
The kyngis suld ressaue ceptur and crovn 1525 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 77.
All kynd of wettaillis that thai present the merkat or thai be rasaiffit in ony hous 1527 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. II 359. 1542 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. i (Turnbull v. Carkettle).
The said dame Jonetis seruandis … ressauit the saidis gudis [sc. sheep] & callit thaim hamwart c1500-50 Brevis Cronica 323.
The baynnis of Sanct Andro war … ressavit with the King of Pychtis 1579 Argyll Fam. Lett. 18.
Saulffing the mvnitioun and victuallis … quhilk ȝe sall caus ressaue vpoun inuentair 1604 Stirling B. Rec. I 110.
[Commissioners appointed] to ressave the threttie ane stand of armour quhilk the toun hes componit for 1614 Lanark B. Rec. 121.
And I say: Gwdschir, come and resav yowr geir again 1659 A. Hay Diary 112.
I resaved a whinger … and payed him 43 sh. 4. d. for it(b) 1423 (1430) Reg. Great S. 30/2.
Michel yherly to resayf tak up and joyse thir thynggis under vyrtyn 1520 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 57.
Wolyem bad the said Johne cum and rasaiff the samyn [malt] 1566 Lanark B. Rec. 33.
To pref gef hie rasaifit that od cheip or nocht(c) 1596 Dalr. I 123/9.
His maister receiueng the slane beist, sal restore the skaith to his nychtbour(d) 1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. ii 39.
Receaue, in sing that thou hes won the field, The bow [etc.] 1673 Mint Melting Journals 2.
Receaved in lignots 03 [stone, etc.](3) 1471 Acta Aud. 20/2.
For … marchandice bocht & resauit fra the said Nichol 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 31.
For thre killing coft and ressavit be him 1606 Glasgow Merchants House 99.
Certaine Ingillis clayth bocht and resavet be the said Alexander fra him 1607 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 28.
For meit and drink coft and resaveit fra him 1612 Inverness Rec. II 100.
Ane quhyt hors coft and ressevit be him fra the said Thomas 1643 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III 13. 1673 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 173.
Ane young ox bought and resevid be the said John Afleck from me(4) 1564 Inverness Rec. I 118.
Ane payr kardis scho resauit of his in keiping 1566 Lanark B. Rec. 33.
Quhen he rasafit the samin [sheep] in gersing 1596 Edinb. B. Rec. V 165.
That na skippers … ressave in thair schips … the said forbiddin guids 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 49b.
Anent things to be given, or receaved in wad 1650 Peebles B. Rec. I 389.
To have ressavit in his custodie and keiping the lockis kies [etc.]

b. To accept (a document) into one's custody or possession. Cf. 33 and 39 below. 1420 Reg. Episc. Morav. 476.
The qwhylk resyngnacioun … the erle resavit and frely gave agayne to the sayde Willȝame 1487 Paisley B. Rec. 25.
We charge oure Justice Clerk that he ressave na dittay of the personis foresaid … and gif he has ressavit ony of before that he putt the samyn furth of oure rollis 1490 Treas. Acc. I 173. 1524 Douglas Corr. 95.
I haif rasavit … the copy of ane byll of tythandis 1533 Boece 523b.
The king … resaving the bullis of faculteis and indultis … deliuerit thame to be kepit in the librare 1555 Exch. R. XVIII 378.
My lord clerk of register. Pleis rasaif this rentaile [etc.] 1555 Balmerino and L. Chart. 67.
We … grantis ws to haue resauit fra the handis of … Christiane Kyrcaldy … ane assedacioun … of the haill teynd-shaiffis of [etc.] 1559–60 Soc. Ant. XI 521.
Hir … seruandis ressauit the said maister Dauidis writting 1565 (c1650) Dundee B. Laws 31.
To … resave ane inventor [of] the … anuall rents … pertainning to the said chaplanries 1578 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 68.
The sade defendar … nocht compeirand the juge … resawit ane decreit and vtheris pecis producit be the said persewar 1627 Aberd. Council Lett. I 256.
In the meantyme … ressave the act of intimatioun heiroff 1635 Maxwell Mem. II 257.
I hef resewit my bor briff 1640 Kirkcudbr. Min. Bk. 72.
Ressaive 1685 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XI 60.
Receave back your recept you sent … of the entrie [into custody] of the mother

c. To receive (stolen goods). 14.. Acts I 376/2.
He that tuk that mone knawand it was nocht gude resawyt thyfft of a theff ande … salbe punyst 1561 Reg. Privy C. I 173.
Suppois thair libell had expressit that I had ressavit the saidis gudis fra the Cantis libellit 1565 Ib. 336.
To inquire … quhat personis our liegis hes resset, ressavit or in ony wayis coft or intromettit with ony of the said piraticall gudis

d. Of a horse or a bee: To take upon itself (a load or burden). 1513 Doug. i vii 31.
The beys … ressavys the byrdyngis from othir tharowt 1547 Armstrong Hist. Liddesdale I App. lxxix.
To wairne the hors to cum and ressave thair charges

5. a. To take receipt of (a sum of money, also, a payment in kind); to collect; to obtain. b. To be in receipt of; to be put in possession of or paid (money, rent, etc.).a., b. 1399 Holyrood chart. 113.
The qwilk hundir ponde the said religious men … sal redili resafe 1438 Lennox Mun. 68.
Als mykyll as is resawyt or payt off the forsad sowm 1443 Maxwell Mem. I 165.
To ressaue in the college kirk of Corstorfin, vpon the hee altare … the soume of fyue hundre mark 1449 Liber Aberbr. II 76. 1453 Douglas Bequest 10 June.
To cum & to ressaffe tua hundreth markis of gude & vsuale mone of the kynryk of Scotlande 1482 Edinb. Chart. 168.
The … dewiteis that the thesaurare of the tovn resavis and takis of strangearis [etc.] 1482–3 Acta Conc. II cxxii.
To prufe that he offerit payment … and that the said Maister Anton refusit to resafe it a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 446.
A pak of flaskynnis … Thou sall ressave, in Danskyn, of my tailye 1534 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 116.
The said Thomas … sueir he … rasawit na gress maill thairfor [sc. for the mare] a1538 Abell 40b.
In this mentyme Scottis & Pichtis wes in pece resafand ȝerlie thare tribut 1541 Lochleven Compt Bk. 19.
Rassaffit fray the men of Laydlanat in part of payment of thar tend syluer fyve markis 1554 Prot. Bk. I. Harlaw 109.
Grantis him to … haue ressauid ane sowme … in … payment of half admiralitie of the schip ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 78.
The saids Stewartis ressaves thair maillis in maill and reistit muttonis 1606 Irons Leith II 64.
C'vict of v lb. … and eftir hir wayganging she saying, ‘the fiend let the penaltie never do thame guid that racavis it’ 1623 Perth Kirk S. MS 14 May.
Margaret … ressaueit for waigeis ane sark and ane pair schone(b) 1418 Liber Melros 502.
Nychole … has … fullely recaywed fra the saydez abbot … fowrty pundis 1450 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II 343.
Frae tyme that I sal be … resaiuand and joysand frely the benfice of Turray 1463–4 Kennedy Aberd. Ann. II 473.
And to ressaive the ferthing fra him agayn for the quhilk he is jugit in amercyament 1494 Halyb. 86.
Rasayff a1500 Bk. Chess 1590.
The bischope gart resaif The wyffis gold 1518 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 47.
And the mony … to be inbroucht to the persones that is assignit to rasaiff it 1531 Boyd Fam. P. No. 7 (1 Oct.).
And [I] sall resaif the said soume … for the space of thre ȝeres eftir the lowsing of the said lands 1538 Aberd. B. Rec. in Mill Mediæv. Plays 126.
The sayd dekynnis to mak compt to thaim quhat thai rasaif 1540 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II 252. 1584 Edinb. Test. XIII 372b.
To … ressaif all & sindrie dettis & auchtingis … that is iustlie auchtand to him 1600 Argyll Rentals 29 Nov.
Resaivs(c) 1453 Douglas Bequest 10 June.
And wyll nouch cum to the said day off warnyng to resseff the sayde some of mone 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 73a.
Reseuet … xii crounis 1653 Wemyss Corr. 98.
I heaueing never reseuied anie munie this tualmonthe 1658 Glasgow B. Rec. II 537.
Recevvit … in pairt payment of ane mair sowme(d) 1536 Glasgow Prot. IV 90.
Jane Boyd to rasaef hyr monye … apon Wytsunday en nixt to cum(e) 1589 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 189.
Receaving fra ilk persone pannellit within the tolbuith befoir the schiref … xl d. 1640 Aberd. B. Rec. III 220.
His compt … of the soume … receawed be him … frome Andro Burnet 1644 Ib. IV 26.
Sic soumes of money as John Denholme, commissar of the said armie, hes receauit … for the vse thairof 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 159.
I receaved 3 crounes in lain from Alexander Home(f) 1596 Dalr. I 116/11.
Throuch money quhilke … thay haue … frome thair parents receiuet 1641 Acts V 538/1.
The bluidis bluidweetes [etc.] … to receive and wptake

6. To come into possession of (something, esp. a letter) by the action or exertion of another; to be given or sent (something).(1) c1475 Wall. ix 1943.
Maister Jhon Blayr that patron couth rasaiff, In Wallace buk brewyt 1567 G. Ball. 20.
All creature on the Lord dependis, Thair sustenance, for to ressaif 1586 Reg. Cupar A. II 294.
Infeft … in samekle aill, brede [etc.] … as ony monk … suld ressaue dailie 1590 Crim. Trials I ii 207.
The said puir woman, being gled to ressaue hir milk agane, come that same nycht as thow appoyntit hir 1592 Prot. Bk. J. Inglis 28 May.
Mariory … grantit hir to haif ressauit fra Thomas Lege messinger all & haill the contentis & clausis with sowmes of mony & [etc.] 1597–8 Elgin Rec. II 62.
The sowth syid sall communicat first and sic of the landward as hes ressauit thair taikyins 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 5/24.
The richts thow of thy land sall haue Salbe the hole earth to ressaue 1639 Johnston Diary Ia 50.
We have receaved no spades, nor howes, no swyne feathers wherby we may intrinch ourselves(2) 1405 Douglas Corr. 63.
He … likit to ȝour henes to wyte me haff resauit ȝour honorabile lettres to me 1456 Hay II 75/29.
How Arestotle ressavit a pistle send fra Alexander till him 1468 Edinb. B. Rec. I 24.
We hauf rassauyt … your lettere 1517 Fife Sheriff Ct. 67.
[The] schiref … grantit … that he had resauit the kingis lettres in the secund forme 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 99.
I rasawet yowr lordschip wraytenys the viij day of Julij 1571 Bann. Trans. 192.
I have resaved thy cartell 1608 Breadalbane Lett. 12 July.
I haue reccauit ȝour maisteris lettre(b) 1416 Douglas Corr. 234.
O late we wrot to ȝhow … the qvilk ȝhe resayfit thankfully, as he has lattyn vs wit 1424 State P. (Reg. H.) No. 15.
Ȝhur honorablez lettres … we hafe resayuit mekly c1460 Thewis Gud Women 75.
Na billis of amouris to resaif 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 111.
I rasaifit your wryttyng with the pressep[is of] parlament 1653 Hossack Kirkwall 254.
Louing sone, yours deatit from Chanvie, the 30 May, I resaivit 1655 Blairs P. 171.
I haue neuer recaiued on letter … since I depairted from thence(c) 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 77.
Ye sall rissave her vryttin fra my lord ambasadour(d) 1525 Douglas Corr. 97.
I … resevit ȝour gude effectous writyne at Glammis 1617 Aberd. Council Lett. I 145.
We have resseved your letter on Setterday 1644 Douglas Corr. 253.
Receuitt 1661 Black Sc. Witches 44.
Resewed(e) 1576 Douglas Corr. 213.
Senth I reseaved your honors letter [etc.] 1596 James VI in Facs. Nat. MSS III lxxiii.
Secretaire I haue receawid youre lettir 1662 6th Rep. Hist. MSS 699/1.
Reseau heir inclosed a letter(f) 1632 Aberd. Council Lett. I 342.
Yours … I recieved

7. To take (a substance) into the body through the mouth, nose, etc. 1456 Hay II 124/36.
The metis that ar ressavit in the stomak at evyn a1500 Henr. Fab. 2817.
My oppin gill Deuoidis ay the watter I resaiff 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece I xlv.
Havand … ane conduct baith to purge thair wambe and ressave thair meit a1538 Abell 3b.
Sum [monsters] … be thare neis resawis the air & othir neidfull thingis

b. To receive the elements of the Eucharist. Cf. 17 and 26 below. 1456 Hay I 203/35.
For mony haly men ar decessit … nocht ressavand at thair ending the body of God c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 20/151.
Thy precios body in honour I ressave 1551 Hamilton Cat. 213.
Thou ressavis na les in ane lytil uste than the preist ressavis in ane gret uste a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 137/31. 1596 Dalr. I 328/18.
Ane Christiane man … quhilk thinkis … that he is to receaue bot bair breade and vyne

8. With inanimate subject: To admit, allow to enter or penetrate; to be a receptacle to; to provide accommodation or space for. Cf. 24 below.(1) 1456 Hay I 283/23, 24.
Ayer … is in it self lignie and sutile and penetratyf ressavand the lycht throu it and hable till ressave all influences of the planetis a1500 Henr. Fab. 1719 (Bann.).
The suyll that was … to ressawe all seidis hable c1515 Asl. MS I 158/4.
Dannubius the quhilk resauis in him [xl] ryweris 1513 Doug. iv xii 17.
O sweit habyte, and lykand bed, … Ressaue my blude and this sawle that on flocht is 1583 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 310.
The thak [of the chapel] resaveis weit and rane in sic sort that the kingis hienes may nocht weill remane within the same in tyme of … rane 1641 Acts V 540/2.
All cornes that resaves fyre and water within the territorie … to be brought to the saidis mylnes(2) 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I 245.
To ane boit ressaving grit hirsts out of the havin a1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvi 33.
Na pedderis pak scho [sc. the boat] will ressaif 1629 Justiciary Cases I 98.
The haill boittis of the toun of Dunbar ressauit thair full laiding(3) a1568 Bann. MS 29b/44.
The hevynnys lord … Thy wamb wes wirthy to ressaue(4) 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 21/6.
For lo thir uikked bouis are bending still & aroues fitt the string for to ressaue 1699 Thanes of Cawdor 392.
A convenient place made at the neck of the chimnies … to receive the ends of … jeastis(5) 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece I 29.
Ane gud havin, to ressave schippis contrar the winter stormes 1545 Reg. Privy C. I 10.
The said pryse of Portingal takin be the saidis Franchemen may be ressavit in this realm

II. With a person as object.Also of part of a person, implying the whole.There is possible overlapping between some of the senses.

9. To meet (chiefly, in a friendly manner) on arrival; to greet, welcome, accept (into one's house, etc.) as a guest; also, specif., to meet formally, to receive. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 703 (C).
The Gregeois … pas wald … To Thenadone … Whare they had statut pryvely For to receyve the queen Eleyne c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 98/25.
That Cuddy Rug … May him resave agane this Ȝuill 1513 Doug. iii v 136.
In hys wyde palyce the kyng ressauyt thaim all 1521–2 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 63.
A wacht … to … be rasavit be ane of the balyeis or his doaris nychtlye a1568 Lynd. Sat. in Bann. MS 194a/134 heading.
Scho [sc. Chastity] sall not be ressauit bot put away a1578 Pitsc. I 247/2.
[The] bischope of Murray … passit fordwart to Rome quhair he was ressawit be the pope Ib. 379/2.
And first scho [sc. the Duchess of Florence] was ressawit at the New Abbay ȝeit 1580 Aberd. B. Rec. II 37.
To receive and glaid the kyngis maiestie with fasceis, playeis, historeis [etc.] 1633 Glasgow B. Rec. II 14.
[To] go to Sanctandrois to sie the archiebischop of Glasgow ressauit thair c1650 Spalding I 268.
The provest receaves thame … and causit lovs thair schakles

b. To welcome, in a spirit of reconciliation, (a penitent opponent or foe). 1612 Fraserburgh Kirk S. 8a (5 Nov.).
[The] compleinar is ordanit to resaue him off his kneis and testifie befoir the pepill his reconciliatioun

c. With various adverbial complements. Also, with non-personal subject.(1) 1375 Barb. xviii 546.
His frendis thusgat curtasly He couth ressawe [C. resaif] and hamely Ib. ii 163. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2074.
This ilk Ydomeus … Resaued him thankfully c1420 Wynt. vii 38, etc.
Wyth curtasy … ressayvyd he wes c1450-2 Howlat 298 (A). 1456 Hay I 62/9.
Julius Cesar … was ressavit with grete joye Id. ?1438 Alex. (S.T.S.) 2848.
Into Surry quhare weill resauit war thay c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 144/118.
He did thame ressaif with princely laitis 1513 Doug. xii x 146.
That he … had … reffusyt To ressaue glaidly the Troiane Ene 1533 Bell. Livy I 185/28.
How Marcius Corilianus was … tendirly rasauit with the Wolchis a1578 Pitsc. I 83/34.
Ressaffiit 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II 221.
Withe al contempt, iniuries & opprobries hir maiestie wes receavit 1615 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 276.
The haill rebels … come to Yla … and ar gladlie ressaved of many of cuntrie men thair(b) 1466 Lindores A. 161.
The … comunite grantit to rasawf hym thankfully for the lords cause a1500 Lanc. 1688.
Resauf(2) a1400 Leg. S. iii 674.
Thu blissit croice, … blithly thu resawe me, His lele discipil that cane hange One thé 1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 72.
O Paris, of all citeis principall, Quhilk did resaue our prince with … glorie

10. To meet (an assailant or enemy) with physical force; to resist. 1375 Barb. xiii 16.
Thar fayis resawyt weile ik hycht, With swerdis speris and with mase ?1438 Alex. i 2467.
For that Betys sa manfully Ressauit the king in his cumming a1500 Lanc. 850.
Thei war resauit at the speris end

11. Of God, or a god: To receive (a person or his spirit) into (his) power, protection, etc. Variously const. a1400 Leg. S. xxxi 916.
Sodendly the geste scho ȝalde, That God resawit in his halde Ib. xlvi 244.
God … reschauyt [the souls] vith angel stewyn ?1438 Alex. ii 7381.
Mercy in His hart is ay To ressaue all that Him prayis c1475 Wall. ii 174.
God, resawe My … sawle amange the law c1490 Irland Asl. MS 15/15.
That … the mercy of God will remyt the syn and ressave the persone to luf and kyndnes Ib. 58/20.
And the mercy of God and his court will resaif thé 1513 Doug. viii ii 15.
O thou haly fader Tiberyne, … Ressaue Eneas 1562-3 Winȝet II 38/26.
Albeit now He resauit remanis … in the glore of God, ȝit [etc.] 1567 G. Ball. 34.
God … sall ressaif againe the latter day The wickit for to byrne in hell for ay a1578 Pitsc. I 128/33.
God … ressawis mankynd to the bossome of his marcie

12. To admit into, in or to (till) a state, condition, privilege, position, etc.(1) 1375 Barb. ix 523 (C).
The chiftanis in hy can ta Thair way to Buttill for till be Resauit in-to gude savite 1445 Aberd. B. Rec. I 13.
Gilbert Meignes … has resauit in to saafgarde … Roger Yhong, Inglisman 1456 Hay I 150/5.
That a capitane of Lombardy war ressavit in wagis with the King of Fraunce 1478 Acta Aud. 62/2.
The … kepiris of the said castel to ressaf thaim in ward 1535 Stewart 16657.
Ressaueand him richt blythlie and benyng In his seruice 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1746. 1554 Crim. Trials I i 364.
We charge ȝou … ȝe ressaue in will Robert Lauder … and his complices 1578 Douglas Chart. 279.
They haif … resaifit vs againe in francscheip and kyndnes(2) 1375 Barb. x 127.
The king … resawyt him till his pes 1398 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 38.
Al … Inglish borne men ressauit to the faith of Scotland … sal [etc.] c1515 Asl. MS I 239/16.
The king resauit him till his grace 1490 Irland Mir. I 27/12.
Resauand ws of his grace to the haly bapteme 1550–1 Bk. Carlaverock I 219.
That samony as will cum Scottismen … salbe ressauit as Scottismen to the quenis pardoun 1563 St. A. Kirk S. 165.
He caused the deponar resave the barne to fosteriyng 1562-3 Winȝet I 124/22 h. of ch.
A penitent resauit to mercy a1570-86 Maitl. F. 236/10.
Baliale … Hes thé ressauit to his seruice hale 1578–9 Reg. Privy C. III 74.
That na fugitives … be ressavit agane to peax bot [etc.] 1586 St. A. Kirk S. 579.
The sessioun … ordanit him to be ressavit agane to humiliation and his pennens absolvit Sonday nixttocum 1607 Reg. Privy C. VIII 16.
Chairgeing thame to pas and relais … Mr. William Cranstoun fra the proces of horne …, ressave him to peace [etc.] 1648 St. A. Baxter Bks. 118.
That na brother of the said traid accept nor ressaue the said Thomas … to ony seruice 1649 Kingarth Par. Rec. 6.
John … and Ninian … desyred earnestly that the Session wold … receaue them to repentence … Acknowledgeing ther fault vpon ther knees … were receaued(3) 1575 Reg. Privy S. VII 57/1.
Chargeing the rectour and maisteris of the said universitie … to ressave the said Maister Williame to the said thrid place thairof 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 34.
They all in ane voce admittit and receauit, and be the tennour heirof admittis and receaives the said Alexander Will supplicant to the said office of bellman

13. To accept as a member of a group, society, etc.; to admit to a trade or occupation.Const. (in)to, in, and without const.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxx 404.
Scho … askit hym … That scho mycht thare resawit be & tak the habyt 1442 Aberd. B. Rec. I 8.
At na cuntreth men be ressavit to the waiche 1449 Ayr B. Ct. 14 Nov.
The comite & gildis … has grantit to rasaf Jokin to be [? erron. for the] gild for v mark 1456 Hay II 40/36.
And all … vicius men, ar nocht to be ressavit to ordre of knychthede 1486 Aberd. B. Rec. in Mill Mediæv. Plays 133.
And thai sal resaue the said twa personis to the samen fraternite & fredom of the said burgh a1538 Abell 59a.
Nane suld be resaifit in thai religios placis to the abet bot Scottis men quhilk [etc.] 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3885 (Ch.).
Bischops sould nocht ressaue … Into the Kirk except ane cunning clark 1596 Dalr. I 266/13.
Quha war nocht sprung of the Scotis natioun in the numbir of thir mounkis sulde nochte be receauet 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V 225.
Nane sall be resavet in the said first clas bot [etc.] 1634 St. A. Baxter Bks. 97.
All frieman to be receavit heirefter to the fridome of the said craft sall [etc.] 1638 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 45.
The assembley … suspendit him from the office of ministrie … bot to be receauid therto againe vpone his repentance(2) 1473–4 Edinb. B. Rec. I 27.
Na maister sall ressaue or resset ane wther manis prenteis 1497 Reg. Cupar A. I 310.
Thomas sal … informe the prentys that we or our successouris resawis al craft in masonry 1536 Murray Lyon Hist. Lodge Edinb. 37.
The said preinteis to be ressavit at the sicht of the maisteris of werkis that he be nocht ane small child 1567 Dundee B. Laws 369.
It salbe levesum to the maister … to ressave ane vther printeis Ib.
That ewerilk maister of the forsaid craft sall … efter he be admittit and ressivit … content, pay and deliver [etc.] Ib.
Ressiwit 1597 St. A. Baxter Bks. 61.
Thai sall pay to the said craft before thai be ressauit & inbewkit [100] merkis 1634 Ib. 98.
Quhair the said frieman sould be swa enterit and receavit 1640 Kirkcaldy Presb. 159.
Being frequentlie convened, the bailies and elders of the said burgh resaved Mr. Andro verie willinglie

14. To admit (into, in, within, also (once) to a place, or within (with) or amang a group); to give shelter to; to harbour, shelter.Also with such complements as till (to, in) mete and drink and housing, herbry, lugeing, burding, hospitalite, houshald, etc., and without const.Also, freq., in collocation with resett (perh. in consequence of this, in some later instances, with the implication that the harbouring is unlawful).(1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2196.
Quharfor all there liegis sone … Resaued tham in thare kynryke c1420 Wynt. iii 86.
Jael hym resawyde In tyll hyr tent 1449 Acts II 33/1.
That na … notour spulyearis … be ressauit within the kingis castellis 1491 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I 257. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 411.
Homage to Edward Langschankis maid thy kyn, In Dunbar thai ressavit hym 1513 Doug. vi vi 60.
The byg weghty Ene Within his veschell boddum ressavis he 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece II 411.
Na vagabound nor idill pepill to be ressavit in ony town without thay had sum craft to debait thair leving 1555 Edinb. B. Rec. II 218.
That he ressaif na vther personis in his said schip except his kyppage alanerlie 1561 Peebles B. Rec. I 274.
That na strangearis be ressauit vnder silence of nycht within the liberte of the burgh 1597 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 341. — 1456 Peebles B. Rec. I 116.
That thai wald for fawir of hym ressayf the sayd frer John … to the plas(2) 1533 Bell. Livy II 55/24.
Haue we nocht ressauit sindri of the hous of Claudius … nocht onelie within oure ciete bot als amang the nowmer of patricianis? 1560 Rolland Seven S. 10351.
Howbeit thay war not worthie … For to ressaue with thame ane crownit king c1615 Chron. Kings 100.
Mwrray … commanditt that na fliar suld be resaiwit within his battell(3) c1420 Wynt. vi 1622.
The mylnere Hym thare resaywyd … Till mete and drynke, and till herbry 1453–4 Ayr B. Ct. 28 Jan.
That Caterine Aharre sal nocht resafe hir son Ad M^charre tyl mete drink na howsing 1460 Newburgh B. Ct. fol. 3b.
Nan suld be resavyt in hospitalite … onder the pan of viii s. a1500 Henr. Orph. 534 (Bann.).
Men gredy … The god of riches that ar ay reddy For to ressaif and tak in harbery 1521 Reg. Cupar A. I 318.
That the said Paton Meyk sal resaue the man … for his lyf tym in met and drynk as efferis 1533 Bell. Livy I 190/21.
Marcius … was ressauit in lugeing with Attius Tulius 1559 St. A. Kirk S. 6.
He ressavit hir to buyrding in his hows 1603 Elgin Rec. II 102.
Inhibit to resaw onie persone to drinking eftir the secund bell 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii 86 (Table).
Lipper-folk … sould not be receaved in harberie 1627 Bamff Chart. 216.
Bindis … him to accept and ressave in houshald with him … his sone and … his futur spouse(4) c1420 Wynt. vii 172.
Owre kyng gert thame ressayvyd be 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 149.
Nouther theffis na manslaaris … thai sal manteme na resaf 1533 Bell. Livy II 136/8.
It was betrasit be ane servand, quhilk ressauit thame at ane secrete place 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1315. 1549 Compl. 101/2.
Ve think it bettir … to resaif them as vencust pepil 1557 Inverness Rec. I 10.
Desernit to fullfill his promise in lerning of the said Jame to his craft and ressaf hyme within xxiiij howris 1564 St. A. Kirk S. 224.
William Peblis sall resave the barn begottyn betuix hym and Besse Kyninmonth, accept upon hym the burding and charge of upbryingyn of the sam [etc.] 1566–7 Canongate Kirk S. (ed.) 62.
I wes nocht at hame quhan scho wes ressat, bot my wif in my absence ressavit hir 1567 G. Ball. 38.
His father … is full faine, That saif ressauit him hes he 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 113.
Forerunnaris … marking the durris quhair thair maister sould be ressauit 1596 Crim. Trials I ii 384.
Eftir the quhilk slauchter … Patrik Barclay of Towie ressauit him 1634 Boharm Kirk S. 24 May.
Reserved 1640 Kirkcudbr. Min. Bk. 53.
Nae hostler, heritor or yeoman … shall ressaive any such maisterless or idle man 1645 Culross 210.
That none, toune nor land, presume to receive any strangers(5) 1474 Prestwick B. Rec. 25.
That in na tyme to cum na nychtburis … reset tham na resav tham 1533 Boece 103.
Thay [sc. Romans] ressauit and resset rebellis quhilk amang thame war intertenyit 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 16.
That … sic as recept him and receavit him in cumpanie, shuld be persewit with all hostilitie 1598 Edinb. Masons 4.
That na maister ressaue or ressett ane vther maisteris … servand that salhappin to ryn away 1635 Dumbarton B. Rec. 48.
The baillies … discharges all persounis within this burgh noways to resset or receave strangers

b. To take (an infant) (in one's arms). 1533 Gau 36/23.
Simeon callit hime saluiour quhen he resauit hime in his armis c1590 Fowler II 182/29.
The Duke of Lennox receaued the prince from the Countesse of Mar

15. To take under one's control or tutelage. 1513 Doug. i v 81.
Romulus sal the pepill ressaue and weld 1560 Rolland Seven S. 266.
Thairfoir I wald ȝe seuin suld him ressaue And him … into gyding haue 1565 Facs. Nat. MSS III xlix.
Vnles thai mycht receaue in thair handis ws and oure haill realme 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Breve.
Quhen he is entred and saised in the superioritie, and … refusis to receaue his vassall and tennent … retoured to the property c1650 Spalding II 321.
To present thair soldiouris … in the lynkis, thair to be receaved be there capitanes

16. To admit (another) to some relationship with oneself. b. To take or accept as a spouse or lover. Also, to resave in mariage. ?1438 Alex. ii 10986.
Ressauis heir The body of the nobillest knicht That euer bare brand 1456 Hay I 246/16.
Gif a Cristyn man ressavit or commonyt with the inymy of God, … he commyttit dedely synb. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 44.
Efter that Diomeid Ressauit had that lady bricht of hew a1500 Seven S. 2414.
For quhen I mak my wedding band I will resaif hir of ȝour hand a1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvi 61.
Scho will ressaif na landwart Jok, Thocht he wald frawcht hir for a croun 1596 Dalr. I 219/6.
Conran receaueng in mariage Ada [etc.] 1581 Hamilton Facile Tr. in Cath. Tr. (S.T.S.) 242/27.
Deane Ihone Durie … ressauit his wyf againe as the deuil left hir

17. To receive (God or the Holy Spirit), as in a sacrament. Cf. 7 b above and 26 below and Resait n. 2. a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi 311.
That tha mycht resaf clenly The haly gaste & worthely a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1109.
To ressaue the nobill Prince of Price … me think you suld be eschamit c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 167/8.
Ane preist sweirit be God verey Quhilk at the alter ressavit he 1562-3 Winȝet I 104/1.
He blew in thame, sayand, Resaue the Haly Gaist 1588 King Cat. 85.
Quhar Christ is all haill receauit [etc.]

18. Of the, or a, devil: To take or obtain possession of (a person, his hands, soul, etc.).Common in the asseveration The fiend (devil) resave the fidder (fodder, etc.).In this sense also in the mod. dials. of Shetland and northern Ireland. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 167/23.
The feind ressaif me gif I le 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 1154.
The feind resaue the fouther 1540 Id. Sat. 799 (B).
The diuill ressaif thé, laidroun loun Ib. 1353.
The feind ressaif the handis that gaif me that Ib. 4196.
Sawthan ressaif thy sawle a1570-86 Maitl. F. 67/60.
Mahown ressaue that band a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. 302/55.
The deill ressaif thairfoir his gob 1558-66 Knox II 311.
But the mekle devill receave the comptrollar 1573 Sempill Sat. P. xxxix 20.
The find ressaue the fidder! 1603 Philotus 1010.
The feind resaue the lachters a

19. To receive or accept (in a specified capacity).Const. as, also for, to, also with ellipsis of the preposition, with infin., and without const.(1) c1450-2 Howlat 869 (A).
Dame Natur … thai ressaif with reuerens … As goddes & gyde 1467–8 Newburgh B. Ct. fol. 26b.
The … nechtburis rasavit John Esty has a burgis & nechtbur to thaym c1475 Wall. vii 396.
Than all … him resawit as chyftayne and thair lord 1483 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 48.
[That no] maister … ressett or resaif ane vthar mannis prentis as servand, nor gif him ony werk [etc.] 1513 Doug. xiii vii 79.
I thé ressaue … As son in law and successour to me Stewart 58222. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1409 (Ch.).
Thairfoir as rebell I ressaue him nocht, Bot for ane man that sucker heir hes socht 1567 G. Ball. 33.
Quhome God ressaifis to his sone and air, Him will he scurge 1571 St. A. Kirk S. 347.
Elene Inglis … desyrit hir … to be resavit as ane membir of the congregatioun and to injoy the benefitis thairof 1584 Acts III 370/2.
That … he ressave [them] as partineris with him 1590–1 Crim. Trials I ii 219.
When the Devill did recyeve them for his servauntes … then hee woulde carnally use them 1596 Wamphray Baron Ct. 16 Oct.
He kennes nocht quhidder he ves ressauit as ane tennent or nocht(2) 1496–7 Acta Conc. II 62.
Chargeand the sade Georg til ressave Jonet Stewart … tennand to him of the sadis landis 1507 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 709.
That I sall resseawe the said Johne and his airis … kyndlie tennentis to the said landis 1525 Bk. Carlaverock II 461.
And be … thir present lettres takis and ressauis … Johne Armistrang tennent in fre heretaige to the landis vndirwrittin 1568 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 109b.
The said deput offerit to ressaue sa monie as wes landit men souertes for the onlandit men 1583 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 305.
That maister Duncane Nairn be resauet … secund maister in thair college 1596 St. A. Baxter Bks. 60. 1623 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 90. 1632 Aberd. B. Rec. III 43.
The … counsall … admittis and resaives the said Mr. Robert Dounye bibliothecar of the said librarie 1632 Peebles B. Rec. I 372.
Being creat, ressauit, suorne and admittit javellour(3) 1456 Hay I 148/13.
That he wald ressave in his stede ane othir man worthy of armes, to serve for him for the tyme to cum 1532 Perth Hammermen xxviii.
Thair sall na maister ressaif ane servant to be feit eftir his feing 1596 St. A. Baxter Bks. 60.
That na baikhous heireftir ressave Dauid Ryckert … to baik ony kynd of meat except [etc.] 1653 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII 329.
Receives Benjamin Huskens to be kiemaster in Leith(4) c1475 Wall. vii 51.
The new justice rasawit was in Ayr

b. To accept as a prisoner; to accept the surrender of. 1375 Barb. xiii 534.
‘To ȝow her … I ȝeld me at ȝour will to be,’ ‘And I ressave thé, schyr,’ said he

20. To admit to a legal hearing as a participant or as a member of the court.Common in such formulae as (to be) resavit, sworn and admittit.(1) 1408 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 221.
We consent nocht to bynde na sic cause to nane enquest to be ressaivit befor the duc 1493 Lennox Mun. 146.
And tharefore … cavillis to cast, and resaif consilouris, arbitouris, or arbitratouris ande amicabill compositouris 1531 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 53.
The desyir of this term to resaw witnes 1533 Ib. 101.
The said balle to … rasaw thaim … that thai mycht enter to ansuer for the premises 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 79.
Archibald Duncan [etc.] … ar resavit, sworne, and judicialie examinated upon the foyrsaid alleged adulterie 1563 Ib. 158.
He producis Mr. Robert Hammyltoun [etc.] … quhilkis are resavet sworne and admittit 1563–4 Perth B. Ct. 10 (20 Jan.).
Gif the jugis resawis ony witnes allegit producit in secundo termino 1622 Crim. Trials III 533.
Socij criminis ar ressauit and admittit in all crymes of tressone [etc.] 1624 Black Orkn. & Shetl. Folklore 133.
The assyse was receavit and suorne the procuratour fischall askit instrumentis 1631 Justiciary Cases I 156.
In the quhilk caise witnesses ar only usuallie ressauit a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 263.
The defender … should be summoned to heir the wittnesses receavit 1640 Kirkcudbr. Min. Bk. 35.
And Alexander Gordoun … and James M'Burnie being ressaivit as witnesses 1673 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II 207.
The Lords Commissioners of Justitiary ordains the forsaid cautioner to be received(2) 1559 St. A. Baxter Bks. 5.
The deponar beand admittet, sworne, and ressavit 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Assisa.
Ane assise is called ane certaine number of men lauchfullie summond, received, sworne & admitted to judg & decerne in sindrie civil causes 1615 Misc. Maitl. C. II 167.
The said persones being receavit sworne and admittit past al togidder furth of court and ryplie advysit inenterit agane 1644 Hibbert Shetland Islands 602.
The assyze being recavit sworn and admittit 1684 Lauder Observes 134.
The said chancelor was admitted, sworne, and receaved, in a fenced shireff court

21. a. To resave in dittay, to enter (a person's name) in an indictment. b. To resave in bell, to take into custody.a. 1508–9 Reg. Privy S. I 278/1.
With charge to al … his justicis … that nane of thaim ressave in dittay, arrest, accuse or truble the said persouns 1512–13 Ib. 376/1.
That nane of ȝow tak apoun hand to resaiff in dittay, arrest, accuse … or proceid agains … William Crawfurd … for the said slauchterb. c1575 Annandale Corr. 273.
The quhilkis viij Jhonestons ye sall ressaf in bell

22. To accept (a penitent) back into full membership of the church after satisfaction has been made for his wrong-doing.See also to resave to repentance in quot. for 1649 under 12 (2) above. 1587 Perth Kirk S. in Spottiswoode Misc. II 259.
Margaret Oliphant to enter … to the repentance-stool in sack-cloth, and to continue four days in that form till she be received 1608 Kinghorn Kirk S. 11.
With the intent scho may be ressauit efter the sermon 1615 Fraserburgh Kirk S. 14 March.
Janet Woll … is remit hame to be receiwit aff the stuill 1639 Sc. N. & Q. XII 59.
Thair went to the stoole of repentance … the thrid tym and was receaved Margaret Eduart, adulteress 1641 Ib.
Jean Duncan went to the stoole this 2 and last tyme and wes receaued 1665 Bonckle Kirk S. 7.
Whereas she had sitten a whole year in publict in sackloth yet was not received, and because of this could have service in no place so that she was like to be starved … begged that she might be received the next day. The minister and his sessione … appoints her for to be received the next day … and … enjoines her no penaltie 1666 Ib. 8.
[Delinquents] received having paied each of them [40 s.] … as penalty 1669 Ib. 22.
James Rennick … seeming to be … trulie greived for his sin, was received

23. To accept or acknowledge as an authoritative teacher, guide, etc. 1562-3 Winȝet II 47 h. of ch.
That he suld resaue the doctouris aggreing with the Kirk 1567 G. Ball. 87.
Aduert till Goddis word and discipline, Ressaif His sone

24. With inanimate subject: To accommodate, provide space for; to harbour. Cf. 8 above. c1490 Irland Asl. MS 16/25.
God … erar will ces to gif the saull to the body quhen it is disposit to resaif it na to gif grace [etc.] a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 470 (B).
Thair is no schip that thé will now ressaif 1513 Doug. iii ii 20.
A sovir havyn ressavit ws at hand Ib. 57.
With blyth bosum the sam [supra grond] Sal ȝou ressaue 1600-1610 Melvill 50.
The Collage was sa frequent as the roumes war nocht able to receave tham 1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 256.
A mote or mount was dedicate beside everie churchyard to receave the souls

III. With a non-material thing as object.

25. To be made the recipient of, or a participant in, a benefit, blessing, honour, etc.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxiv 128.
Scho suld … thare-of rasawe gret med In hewine 1456 Hay II 128/22.
That all hertis that saule or lyf has ressavit rejoysis [etc.] c1490 Irland Asl. MS 23/33.
He disponis him … to resaif the werteu of the glorius passioun of Jhesu and of the sacrament a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 798 (Asl.).
For ȝour pane ȝe sall resaif plesans In hevin c1515 Asl. MS I 251/12.
Donald … resauit the benedictioun of Sanct Colme 1533 Gau 48/11. 1560 Bk. Disc. 233.
The benefittis quhilk we resave by Jesus Christ 1567 G. Ball. 142. 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 124.
Be ȝow scho … hes ressauit honour and reverence 1596 Dalr. I 216/21.
He had beine vnthankful of al benifite and gude deid ressaued 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 142.
At that tyme thow ressauit thy honours fra the Dewyll 1622-6 Bisset I 6/11.
In France … he ressavit … courteous interteinment 1635 Wodrow MSS in Hay Geneal. 86.
Till he receaved mor health(2) 1456 Hay II 41/10.
In quhat fassoun … suld a squyer … ressave the ordre of knychthede a1578 Pitsc. II 6/1.
The King of Scottlandis order of the gartar quhilk he had ressawit fre the King of Ingland

b. To have (one's wish) granted. 1567 G. Ball. 167.
We sall ressaue efter our estait All just desyre but discripance

26. To receive, or be the recipient of, a sacrament, also of what is symbolized or conferred thereby. Cf. senses 7 b and 17 above.(1) c1420 Wynt. v 3880.
I byd here … For to ressayve my sacrament 1490 Irland Mir. II 13/22.
The circumcisioun … gave grace to thame that resauit that sacrament of the auld law Ib. MS fol. 289.
Thai resaue this spirituale figure … that is callit carectare 1551 Acts II 482/1.
Thame that … cummis to the halie buird of God and ressaifis thair sacrament 1562-3 Winȝet I 89/11.
That mony wald cum daylie to the mes and resaue the haly sacrament … togidder with the preist 1567 G. Ball. 17. c1590 Fowler II 50/10.
Na man ought to be … haldin an trew minister … in Christs kirk except he rasaue the sacrament of ordour 1588 King Cat. 86b.
Quhat fruict haue we of this sacrament being deulie receauit? 1657 Dunkeld Presb. II 484.
And the said Mr. Johne had recaived ordinatione from the bishope at Dunkell(2) c1590 Fowler II 63/28.
As thou hes receaued in baptisme the similitude of his deith [etc.]

27. Of a person, also a thing: To be subjected to (death, suffering, injury, loss, shame, etc.); to undergo (harm). Cf. sense 31 below.(1) 1375 Barb. iv 273.
Throw hyr [feill] the ded ressawit c1400 Troy-bk. ii 403 (C).
Prestes throw it Resaue shall sodeynly blyndnes c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 106/21.
Quhai in felde receaves schaem [etc.] 1568 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots I 530.
Compairing Boithuillis intertenyment with that quhilk the king … ressauit at hir handis 1570 Leslie 110.
Remembring the injurie ressavit be justifieing of the saide Lord Hwme 1558-66 Knox II 69.
In the quhilk [skirmishing] the Frenche … did ever resaif the hurt and the repulse c1575 Balfour Pract. 280.
And se that nather of the parties pleyand befoir him in judgment ressave ony wrang 1594 Acts IV 72/2.
The noble men … that hes ressauit grytest and latest harmes of the saidis thevis 1596 Dalr. II 287/2.
Quhen we had receyuet a gret defett at Musselburghe 1602 Conv. Burghs II 137.
Giff ony mariner ressaue skaith in the schipis laubour [etc.] a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xvii 74.
Leist thou resave some hurt from me 1632 Justiciary Cases I 209.
That … James ressauit hurt and injurie at the handis of the said George(2) 1533 Bell. Livy II 165/14.
Na thing wes left hale that mycht ressaue ony dammage be fire and swerde 1615 Stirling B. Rec. I 139.
Quhat hinder and latt the best workis of this burgh did ressave 1622-6 Bisset II 244/4.
Gif … the maister … ressave lekcaige of wynis 1667 Lamont Diary 203.
Ane English vessel … that receaved preiudice by the violence of the storme

28. To be the recipient of, or to suffer, (a blow, wound, etc.). 1456 Hay II 47/30.
As the schelde ressavis the strakis before the knycht 1513 Doug. iii iv 67.
In thar bodeis wound ressave thai nane 1533 Bell. Livy II 133/7.
Quhat place was left hail in all thare bodyis to ressaue ony new woundis 1563–4 Inverness Rec. I 109.
War nocht that Johne Gollan … rassauit the said straik and keppit the samyn 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 193.
S. Francis resaweit thi impressiones of Christis woundis c1590 Fowler II 22/15.
Sic stripes, as … the people of God rasauit of before 1670 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 77.
The said Andrew receaved the shot in his own loan

29. Chiefly of things: To be the object of some action or process; to undergo the effects of (heat, damp, etc.).(1) 1456 Hay I 283/24.
For it [sc. the colour azure] is … hable till ressave all influences of the planetis Ib. II 125/5.
The metis that ar etyn in the dyner ressavis the hete of the day in mannis corps 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 76.
The sulȝe spred hir braid bosum … Zephyrous confortabill inspiratioun Fortill ressaue 1533 Boece 291b.
Membris quhilk of sum men war dry and lamyt resauit naturale hwmydite 1549 Compl. 54/35.
The mune … and al the vthir sternis resauis ther lycht fra the soune 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 6.
The air … resauis and admittis … mony infectionis and corruptioun 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Georgics iv 298.
Oblique lucem recipientes, ressaivs licht of sklent 1614 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 41.
The sarkis yit bleitsching receavit 1622 Conv. Burghs III 130.
That the said tred may floorisch and ressaive no caus of stay and ruine(2) 1549 Compl. 5/34.
Quhar he gart mony of his enemeis resaue ther sepulture be for the said toune 1579 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 105.
Ilk bairn resauing instructioun in the said Hie Scole 1595 Highland P. I 166.
The quhilk inshantment wes receivit be thame all

b. In grammar, of the accusative case: To indicate the person or thing affected by the action of the verb. 1522 Grant Burgh Schools 53.
The accusatiue cais, it is gouernit eftir ony verbe and resauis the deid of the verbe

30. To accept something offered or proffered, as a service, oath, agreement, etc.(1) 1375 Barb. i 419.
This child … prays ȝow … That ȝe resave her his homage ?1405 B.M. Cotton Vesp. MS F. VII fol. 86.
Eftir that I was chargit … to ressaif ȝoure ath c1420 Wynt. viii 6537.
The Ballyolle gave hym all … rycht … In till … Scotland … The kyng ressaywyd that gyfft that day 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 80.
Sua that of his enemy … humagis of his fee he be nocht haldyn to resaf 1433 Swintons App. xxxvi.
Quhile the forsaid Williame … had ressauit sesing of the forsaid landis till the forsaid hair a1500 Lanc. 312. 1532 Instit. Ct. Sess. in Acts Sederunt i 2.
To ressave the athis of thaim that are absent, chosin and nemmit to be of this Sessioun 1533 Boece 36b.
Thinking that of the thankis resauit be his broder he suld nocht be ingrate 1549 Lamb Resonyng 75/14.
Did nocht Kyng Eldred of Ingland resaif homage of Irische, than kyng of Scottis? a1570-86 Maitl. F. 441/13.
Recawe 1570 Leslie 177.
Hoipinge to ressave ayde thairfor 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 6.
The said Lord Home … ressauit peace fra the said governour c1590 Fowler II 52/13.
God wald not racaue thair prayars 1602 Misc. Spald. C. II 287.
Incais we be nocht present in persoun to receawe thankis(2) 1549 Compl. 31/12.
It is said generelye tyl al them that hes resauit the ȝoilk ande the confessione of Crist

b. To accept (offered battle); to face (an onslaught) unflinchingly. 1533 Bell. Livy II 147/22.
We differ nocht the batall bot ressauis it within the bosum of oure landis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 29.
Reddy to ressaue ane vther charge 1649 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 571/1.
And having ressaved a briske charge of Middletons forlorne hope

31. To submit to something inflicted, as death, suffering, etc. (with resignation or joy). With or without const. Cf. sense 27 (1) above. a1400 Leg. S. i 700.
His passione That to resawe he wes than bown c1450 Cr. Deyng (S.T.S.) 29.
Sen vs behwys all de o neid … we suld resaue it glaidly 1533 Bell. Livy II 66/15.
To vincust pepill pertenis … onelie to ressaue sic appunctment as the victoure plesis to gif 1544 Bk. Carlaverock II 29.
I am content to rassayff the mast wylld deid that may be geyn me 1549 Compl. 122/22.
Resaif thy repreif in paciens for ane correctione a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. 322/48.
Quhat God pleis do ws till … Ressaue it with gud will a1585 Maitl. Q. 207/166.
Resaving deith we find a perfyte rest

32. To take on or accept (a charge, task, responsibility or office). 1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I 138*.
That I … assentyt to resayue this cause … in myne ordenans, and thairof to gyf iugement 1400 Maxwell Mem. I 138.
At the forsayd Robert sal resafe and resafys be thir present letteris tha chargis of warandyse in hymself 14.. Reg. Maj. fol. 14.
Bailȝeis or iugis may resaf nane arbittri of that thing of the quhilk he has bene balȝe 1551 Hamilton Cat. 5.
Ignorance … suld … be eschewit in preistis, quhilk hes ressavit the office of teching 1562-3 Winȝet I 7/3.
Na man … wald resaue the office of ane pastour, quhil he wes almaist compellit thairto a1578 Pitsc. I 7/14.
Was mekill miserie Quhill that the king resawit his awin authoritie 1596 Dalr. II 264/5.
The Gouernour thair ressaues this conditioune 1597 Warrender P. (S.H.S.) II 333.
Haifing receavit ane charge to put our uncle out of the cuntryth 1598 James VI Basil. Doron I 54/5.
Hauing receauid from God a burthein of gouuernement quhairof he man be comptable 1628 Edinb. Univ. Chart. 110.
Teacheth theme sum pairt of Cicero … for thair better exercise in the Latine tongue whill they have ressavit the commoun theame

33. To be the recipient of a communication in words, or of a financial statement; to take note or account of.(1) 1527 Aberd. B. Rec. I 117.
We … hes ressauit your l[ordschipis] guid mynd exponit to vs be your commissar … tuching of your l[ordschipis] brig of Dee 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 96.
I suld meit his lordship in Sanctandrois to rasawe my ansuir c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3545.
Moyses … Ressauit the law on Mont Sinay 1562-3 Winȝet I 95/19.
Infidelis quha had nocht ressauit the religioun of Christ 1568 Maxwell Mem. II 132.
I … as ȝit hes nevir resaueit na sertanttye frome ȝow 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 194.
Maister Caise receauet his ansuer dilatore fra the castles behalfe 1581 St. A. Kirk S. 462.
To … ressef new injunctions conforme to the ordour 1584 Cal. Sc. P. VII 116.
Untill we recawe her majesties leawe for the sam 16.. Hist. Kennedy 12.
My lord resaffing this ansuer, wes in ane gritt readge thairatt 1650 Laing MSS I 251.
We wrat this letter befor we reseived your order(2) 1472–3 Swintons App. xlix.
Jhon … tyl haf rasafyt and tan ful compt reckynyng and payment fra an honorabil man 1509 Edinb. Hammermen 65.
The hammyrmen craft ressauit full compt … of Allane Cochrane dekyne 1525 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 77.
The … bailyeis … to uptak and rasaiff ane haill cowmpt baytht of kyrkis guddis and common guddis 1528 Ib. 97.
We … granttis us to haif resaiffit foull coumpt and rekinnyng of Jenot Scot 1534–5 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 130.
Ye sall call before yow James Hammyltoun [etc.] … and receyve thair compt of the said werk 1539 Treas. Acc. VII 195.
As his compt maid and resavit thairupoun beris c1567 Melville Corr. 232.
Theyre is four hundrethe [stones] lakkyng … quhilk sall cum to the kunt I ressauit 1650 Kingarth Par. Rec. 22.
Wee receaued no count of the contributioune that was vpon his hand

34. a. To accept a legal act or plea as valid or justifiable. b. With a belief, text, doctrine, custom, etc. as object: To accept as true, desirable, just, etc.a. 1318 Acts I 108/2.
Sua that suilk essonȝie be resavit in court … in presens of the essonȝeouris 1397 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 166.
The kyng sall resaiyve all resignasyounys at the sayd Dame Isabell lykys to mak Ib. 167. 1488 Dunferm. B. Rec. I i.
Johne of Wallod … resawyt resignacione fra Vilyame Litster of a bakland 1496 Acta Conc. II 28.
The Lordis wil ressave protestacions [etc.] 1512 Reg. Privy S. I 365/2.
To the quhilkis the king has grantit to resaif resignatioun 1555 Edinb. B. Rec. II 224.
We requir … yow … nocht to ressaue ony resignatioun be the said Patrik of his office a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 219.
Nullitie cannot be receaved against ane infeftment [etc.] … be way of exceptionb. c1420 Wynt. v 5467.
The Saxonys for to teche To ressawe, and kepe that fay 1490 Irland Mir. II 14/29.
It is gret merwell that the pepil of the Jowis resauis nocht the haly doctrine of Jhesu 1513 Doug. v x 99.
And mychty Roym syne efter mony a day, Syk oys ressavyt [Sm. rasavit] hes 1533 Gau 64/21.
It is ane trew vord and aluay wordy to be rasauit c1520-c1535 Nisbet I 13.
For all thaime that receauis His treuth 1551 Hamilton Cat. 47.
He that will nocht heir, resaif and obey the … determinationis of lauchful general counsellis … is nocht to be acountit a trew Christin man a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 112/33.
For without dowt that interpretacione … is alvais to be rasauit 1562 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 5.
Thai quha hes nocht yit embraced the trew religioun may … be … provoked to ressave [ed. ressume], embrace and profes the samin 1562-3 Winȝet I 120/12.
Quhy inuent ȝe sik a terme as inuisible, nothir expressit in Scriptuir nor resauit be aunciant fatheris? 1563 Davidson Answer 206.
The Romane Kirk hes receavit be it awin judgement, the commune translatione 1565 Bk. Univ. Kirk I 67.
Knowing … if scho sould receive any change in her awin religioun, that sho sould tyne … her friends c1590 Fowler II 54/3.
For by miracles … the inuocatioun of sancts can not be rasauit 1638 Nat. Covenant in Facs. Nat. MSS III xcvii.
According to the laudable lawes and constitutions receaved in this realme Ib.
The due and right ministration of the Sacraments, now receaved … within this realme

c. To resave (an action) weill, to approve, welcome, applaud. 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvii 90.
In ȝour tolbuth sic presouneris to plant Wilbe ressauit weill

35. To be awarded (a sentence or punishment); to be given (a decision).(1) a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 656 (Asl.).
Our juge sa just is … Sic sentens than surely we sall resaif Ib. 678.
In that dome … we sall resaif to wage A sentence Ib. 1208.
As fulis … hell resaif to heretans 1568 St. A. Kirk S. 313.
They … sal resave the lik jugement and sentence wytht hir 1580 Misc. Spald. C. II 216.
Quhairby sic trespassouris may resaif dew punischment for thair offences 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 148b.
Thai sall ressaue … damnation, from the quhilk God of his mercie deturne thame 1584 James VI Poems I 13/5.
They see two champions braue, With armies huge approching to resaue Thy will 1596 Dalr. I 194/25.
That quha violates the statutes … he receiue due pennance conforme to the institutiounis of the countreye 1661 Aberd. Council Lett. IV 159.
Anent the trads action for imprisonment of George Watt receave the convict befor the baillies(2) 1627 Aberd. Council Lett. I 255.
Yet the mater hes receaved no finall decisioun

36. To receive (knowledge) into the mind or (sensation) through the senses. 1490 Irland Mir. II 8/3.
[It] is in our power to dispone ws to resaue the knawlage necessar for our salute [etc.] — 1549 Compl. 37/12.
To resaue the sueit fragrant smel of tendir gyrssis 1603 Philotus 494.
Ȝour semlie shaip … Quhilk throw the sicht my sensis hes ressaifit

37. To accept, regard or treat (something) as being (as, for) something else. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 62/76.
Man may tak in his lady sic delyt … And for his hevin ressaif hir cullour quhyt 1581 Burne Disput. 17.
The buikis of the Machabæis … hes bene ressauit for Canonikis c1590 Fowler II 21/16.
That that quhilk maliciously be writ … as rycht sould be receauit 1596 Dalr. II 259/18.
This he for a takne ressaiuet and sygne, that theend of his lyfe was at hande 1581 Hamilton Facile Tr. in Cath. Tr. (S.T.S.) 245/4.
What venemous poyson thay souk out of the ministers breists, wha ressaues thair doctrine for the healthsome fuid of thair saules

IV. 38. In certain special phrases.To resave (the) musteris and wapinschawingis, see Muster n. 1 c (1). To resave wage, to be paid wages. To resave degre, to graduate (from a university). To resave fyre, to catch fire. To resave payment, to be paid. To resave executioun, to be put into execution. To resave (one's) sinces, to become conscious. Of bullion: To resave yrones, to be struck as legal coinage. 1533 Bell. Livy II 146/14.
Thinkis thow it ressoun that thow ressauis wage for ane hale ȝere and fechtis nocht bot for sex monethis? 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 13.
Swa that na man be admittit to resave degre except that he haf promouit in lettres 1567 Crim. Trials I i 500.
Redy are we to imbrace evill, as redy as hardes to receive fyre 1572 Crail B. Ct. MS 6 July.
To ressave compleit payment thairoff 1606 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 52.
And this act … to ressaue executioun … at Lambes nixt 1616 Orkney Witch Trial in Rogers Social Life III 301.
She laying handis on hir she convaleshit and receaveit hir sinces agane be hir divelrie 1633 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II 91.
[The bullion] hes receavit his maiesties yrones

V. 39. absol. or intr., in various of the above senses: To be or become a recipient; to act as a receiver; to receive a letter.Also, once, to receave in (something), to take back.(1) c1420 Ratis R. 1553.
Syk men … Sal as thai met resauf agan c1420 Wynt. iv 2560.
In the cyteis … Wes certayne deputys resaywand 1551 Hamilton Cat. 96.
Gyff ye len to thame of quhome ye hope to resave, quhat thank have ye thairfor? 1560 Cal. Sc. P. I 487.
[I have received] na word from the Erll of Swsex … qwharof I marwall, for Mastir Sisyll belyfes that I haif rasawit from hym a1568 Scott iv 91.
The nycest to ressave Vpoun the nynnis will nip it a1568 Bann. MS 41a/21.
Maik me … ay to rander as I wold ressafe 1597 Edinb. B. Rec. V 197.
That na servants … resave or gif owt … without the knawledge of thair maisters(2) 1668 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 248.
That the dean … receave in the copies and sell the same … at the best availl