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incept
[ in-sept ]
verb (used with object)
- to take in; ingest.
incept
/ ɪnˈsɛpt /
verb
- (of organisms) to ingest (food)
- (formerly) to take a master's or doctor's degree at a university
noun
- botany a rudimentary organ
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Derived Forms
- inˈceptor, noun
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Other Words From
- in·ceptor noun
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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Neque e magis ab incept Catilna dstitit, sed nfsts sgns Rmam petns Antni exercit opprimitur.
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Peccant conjuges mortaliter, si copul incept, cohibeant seminationem.
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In Jan. 1527/8, he obtained grace to incept after fourteen years of study.
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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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