incept

English

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.

Verb

incept (third-person singular simple present incepts, present participle incepting, simple past and past participle incepted)

1. (transitive) To take in or ingest.
2. (transitive) To begin.

   The company was incepted in 2006.

3. (UK) To be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University.
4. (transitive) To put an idea into a person's mind so deeply that they believe it was their own. Inspired by the movie Inception (2010) and used by Mark Zuckerberg & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation at 01:23:00.

   Is the idea really yours? Or was it incepted into your mind by your friend?

Related terms

• inception
• inceptive
• inceptor
• incipience
• incipient

Translations

To take in or ingest

• Bulgarian: получавам (bg) (polučavam), поемам (bg) (poemam)
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To begin

• Bulgarian: начевам (bg) (načevam)
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Anagrams

• pectin, peinct, pentic