"incept" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: incepts [present, singular, third-person], incepting [participle, present], incepted [participle, past], incepted [past]
Etymology: * 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. * (put an idea into someone's mind): Inspired by the film Inception (2010). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|inceptus}} Latin inceptus, {{m|la|incipio}} incipio, {{back-form|en|inception|nocap=1}} back-formation from inception, {{sense|put an idea into someone's mind}} (put an idea into someone's mind): Head templates: {{en-verb}} incept (third-person singular simple present incepts, present participle incepting, simple past and past participle incepted)
  1. (transitive) To take in or ingest. Tags: transitive Translations (To take in or ingest): получавам (polučavam) (Bulgarian), поемам (poemam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-incept-en-verb-uEUQH6C0 Disambiguation of 'To take in or ingest': 94 2 2 2
  2. (transitive) To begin. Tags: transitive Translations (To begin): начевам (načevam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-incept-en-verb-hjbS4o23 Disambiguation of 'To begin': 3 95 2 1
  3. (UK) To be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-incept-en-verb-KCXk3Fjf Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 4 66 17
  4. (transitive) To put an idea into a person's mind so deeply that they believe it was their own. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-incept-en-verb-t1IMKhg3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inception, inceptive, inceptor, incipience, incipient

Inflected forms

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