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Verb  To Incept Webster's International Dictionary Unabridged In·Cept

Title incept
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
in·cept
I. \ə̇nˈsept\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin inceptus, past participle of incipere — more at 
inception
transitive verb
1. archaic : 
begin
commence
undertake
2. [influenced in meaning by Latin capere to take] : to take in: as
 a. : 
ingest
  < phagocytes incepting foreign particles >
 b. : to receive as a member
intransitive verb
: to obtain an advanced degree and therewith the right to teach or practice a learned profession — now used only at Cambridge University
II. \ˈinˌsept\ noun
(-s)
: 
anlage

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