recet
Middle English
Alternative forms
- recett, rescet, resette, resset, ressett
- rescett, reset (Northern)
- recette, rescette (Late Middle English)
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman recet m (“receptacle, refuge”) from Latin receptus; compare receyt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛːˈsɛt/, /rɛˈsɛt/
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛsɛt/ (possibly, with shift of stress)
Noun
recet (plural *recettes)
- Shelter, refuge; the state of being protected.
- A place serving as lodging or a refuge; a habitation.
- (rare) A shelterer of criminals.
- In miscellaneous rare senses loosely corresponding to those of receyt:
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Descendants
References
- “recet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.