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in⋅cep⋅tion

  [in-sep-shuhn]
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–noun
1. beginning; start; commencement.
2. British.
a. the act of graduating or earning a university degree, usually a master's or doctor's degree, esp. at Cambridge University.
b. the graduation ceremony; commencement.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME incepcion < L inceptiōn- (s. of inceptiō), equiv. to incept(us) begun (see incept ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. origin, outset, source, root, conception.
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in·cep·tion   (ĭn-sěp'shən)   
n.  The beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement. See Synonyms at origin.

[Middle English incepcion, from Latin inceptiō, inceptiōn-, from inceptus, past participle of incipere, to begin, take up : in-, in; see in-2 + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
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Inception

In*cep"tion\, n. [L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in + capere to take. See Capable.]

1. Beginning; commencement; initiation. --Bacon.

Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. --Rawle.

2. Reception; a taking in. [R.] --Poe.
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inception 
c.1483, from L. inceptionem (nom. inceptio), from inceptus, pp. of incipere "begin, take in hand," from in- "in, on" + cipere comb. form of capere "take, seize" (see capable).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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