Dictionary entry

Receptive

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐cep″tive (rē̍‐sĕp″tĭv), a. [Cf. F. réceptif. See Receive.] 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.