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incepted

incepted is the simple past and past participle of incept.

Meaning of incept

Verb

incept (third-person singular simple present incepts, present participle incepting, simple past and past participle incepted)

  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?

Questions about incepted

What is incepted the simple past and past participle of?
Incepted is the simple past and past participle of incept.

Words near incepted in the dictionary

  1. incentivizing
  2. incentre
  3. incentres
  4. incents
  5. incept
  6. incepted
  7. incepting
  8. inception
  9. inceptional
  10. inceptionally
  11. inceptions

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