Receptive

a.

1.

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind. Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. - Glanvill.

Adj.	1.	receptive - open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
	2.	receptive - ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals" Antonyms: unreceptive - not receptive
	3.	receptive - of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" Synonyms: sensory, centripetal

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