incept
To take in or ingestTo take in or ingest.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To take in or ingest.
(transitive)To begin.
The company was incepted in 2006.
(UK, ambitransitive)To accept or to be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University.
(transitive)To put an idea into a person's mind so deeply that they believe it was their own.
Is the idea really yours? Or was it incepted into your mind by your friend?
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
* Originally borrowed from Latin inceptus, past participle of incipio. The term is marked* Originally borrowed from Latin inceptus, past participle of incipio. The term is marked "obsolete" in the first edition of the OED (1905); newer usage is a back-formation from inception.
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Forms
incepts, incepting, incepted, inceptedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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