incept
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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(of organisms) to ingest (food)
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(formerly) to take a master's or doctor's degree at a university
noun
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Etymology
Origin of incept
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; see in- 2, captive
Example Sentences
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Rick and Morty attempt to "incept" Morty's math teacher into giving him straight A's.
From Time • Jul. 27, 2017
The third goal was a calamity of errors as Allan Nyom slipped while trying to incept the ball, as Cathcart followed up Wes Hoolahan's cross by poking into his own net.
From BBC • May 11, 2016
Archbishop Ruch of Alsace ordered all schools in the Province to incept a three days' strike as a protest against the Government instituting interdenominational schools at Colmar.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, of all the agencies which incept energy transformations on the earth, gravitation, in one form or another, is the most universal and the most important.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
When he alighted from his beast they accosted him and enquired the cause of his change from poverty to prosperity, and he told them all that had happened to him from incept to conclusion.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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