received

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of receive

adj

1. Generally accepted as correct or true.
   The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish. Oct 30 2012, Robin Wilkinson, Western Mail