receptō āvī, -, āre, intens. recipio, to take back, wrest away: hastam receptat Ossibus haerentem, V.
—To receive habitually, harbor, entertain: meum filium ad te, i. e. my son's visits, T.: mercatores, admit, L.
—With pron reflex., to betake oneself, withdraw, retire, recede: in tectum te, T.: Saturni sese quo stella receptet, V.