incept

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6

Definition of incept

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To take in or ingest.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To take in or ingest.
  2. (transitive)To begin.
    “The company was incepted in 2006.”
  3. (UK, ambitransitive)To accept or 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.
    “Is the idea really yours? Or was it incepted into your mind by your friend?”

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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).

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