Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Receptive \Re*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]ceptif. 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.

Source : WordNet®

receptive
     adj 1: open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason
            and the logic of facts"
     2: ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the
        proposals" [ant: {unreceptive}]
     3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing
        toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn:
         {centripetal}, {sensory(a)}]