Her new book 'was' well/poorly 'received' by the critics. [=the critics liked/disliked her new book]
The ambassador 'received' [='greeted'] his guests as they arrived at the party.
What was radical thinking in times past has become 'received wisdom' today.
(..) Precisely. So, professor-- Officer Neveu. Please, pardon the interruption. This is not the time. I received the crime-scene jpegs at headquarters... ...and I've deciphered the code. It's a Fibonacci sequence. That's the code Sauni're left on the floor. (..)2006 The Da Vinci Code