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incept

[ in-sept ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to take in; ingest.


incept

/ ɪnˈsɛpt /

verb

  1. (of organisms) to ingest (food)
  2. (formerly) to take a master's or doctor's degree at a university
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. botany a rudimentary organ
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • inˈceptor, noun
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Other Words From

  • in·ceptor noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incept1

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin inceptus, past participle of incipere “to begin, undertake,” equivalent to in- “in” + cep- (combining form of cap- “to take”) + -tus past participle suffix; the sense “to take in” by literal translation of prefix and base; in- 2, captive
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incept1

C19: from Latin inceptus begun, attempted, from incipere to begin, take in hand, from in- ² + capere to take
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Example Sentences

Tant inde favre ad suffrgia itum11 est, ut tribn incept dsisterent.

Neque e magis ab incept Catilna dstitit, sed nfsts sgns Rmam petns Antni exercit opprimitur.

Peccant conjuges mortaliter, si copul incept, cohibeant seminationem.

In Jan. 1527/8, he obtained grace to incept after fourteen years of study.

Security was therefore demanded from the licentiate that he would incept within a year; and, if he omitted to do so, he was fined.

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