incept

verb

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).

  1. borrowed from inceptus

Definitions

  1. To take in or ingest.

  2. To begin.

    • The company was incepted in 2006.
  3. To accept or to be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge…

    To accept or to be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. 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?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for incept. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA