recet

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. Shelter, refuge; the state of being protected.
  2. A place serving as lodging or a refuge; a habitation.
  3. (rare) A shelterer of criminals.
  4. In miscellaneous rare senses loosely corresponding to those of receyt:
    1. An earning; a part of one's income.
    2. A receptacle or plug.
    3. A recipe for medicine.

Descendants

  • Middle Scots: reset, resett

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