Both Uses of
receptive
in
A Thousand Acres
- So foolishly receptive!†
p. 147.4receptive = open to arguments, ideas, or change
- The attitudes I had tried were obvious—receptive to conception, then protective.†
p. 147.7 *
Definitions:
-
(1)
(receptive) open to arguments, ideas, or change
-
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, receptive can mean that something is capable of receiving something else. In that instance, the thing that receives might be called a receptor as when referring to a molecule that receives and responds to a neurotransmitter.