incept
English edit
Etymology edit
- 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).
Verb edit
incept (third-person singular simple present incepts, present participle incepting, simple past and past participle incepted)
- (transitive) To take in or ingest.
- (transitive) To begin.
- The company was incepted in 2006.
- (UK) To be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University.
- (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?