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incepts

incepts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 incepts

What is incepts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Incepts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of incept.

Words near incepts in the dictionary

  1. inceptively
  2. inceptives
  3. inceptor
  4. inceptors
  5. inceptosol
  6. incepts
  7. inceptual
  8. inceration
  9. incerations
  10. incerative
  11. incertain

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