inception

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:21:30

In*cep"tion (?), n. [L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in + capere to take. See Capable.]

1.

Beginning; commencement; initiation.

Bacon.

Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. Rawle.

2.

Reception; a taking in.

[R.]

Poe.

 

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