incept

American  

[in-sept] / ɪnˈsɛpt /

verb (used with object)

1. to take in; ingest.

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incept British  

/ ɪnˈsɛpt /

verb

1. (of organisms) to ingest (food)

2. (formerly) to take a master's or doctor's degree at a university

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noun

1. botany a rudimentary organ

Other Word Forms

• inceptor
  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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

incept

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

He was the first who addressed letters with the incept, "from A. to B."; and the first who preached from a pulpit and who leant on a sword or a staff when discoursing.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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 James Weir

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