receivre

Receivre is a historical or nonstandard variant of the modern French verb recevoir, meaning to receive. In contemporary standard French, the infinitive is recevoir; receivre is rarely used today except in historical texts or as an archaism.

Etymology and history: The verb derives from Latin recipere. In Old French, spellings such as receivre or similar variants appear in manuscripts, reflecting earlier orthographic practices. Over time the standard form evolved to recevoir, which is the form used in modern French orthography and dictionaries.

Usage and context: The form receivre is primarily of interest to linguists, philologists, and readers of medieval or early modern literature. It can appear in glossaries, translations, or discussions of historical language change. In current writing, it is generally considered obsolete or archaic, and many dictionaries label it as a historical variant or dialectal form.

Conjugation and modern reference: Because receivre is not used in modern French, there is no separate contemporary conjugation. If encountered in historical texts, it is typically interpreted as an older spelling of the same verb whose modern standard form is recevoir. For learners of standard French, the recommended usage is the modern infinitive recevoir and its standard conjugation patterns (for example, en reçoive in the subjunctive, ils reçoivent in the present indicative).