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to incept

to incept

1 8.9
To start something in an official way
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈsɛpt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : iniciar
  • They plan to incept the project with a formal meeting to outline the goals.

Seven years after that idea was incepted into your brain.

Examples

  • The committee will incept the new policy at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

  • Seven years after that idea was incepted into your brain.

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  • It has been such a fantastic brand over the years since it was incepted.

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  • During the ceremony, the university will incept the graduates into their respective fields.

Synonyms

to begin
vsto incept
∞ 1.0

To start an activity, event, or speech

is mainly used in formal or official contexts rather than everyday speech
to initiate
vsto incept
426 4.5

To start something such as a project or discussion

is used especially in formal or official situations

Antonyms

to cease
324 3.6

To stop or come to an end

How Formal

to incept
  • Archaic
1 8.9
to commence
  • Formal
161 4.4
to initiate
426 4.5
to begin
∞ 1.0
to start
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

incept infinitive
incepted past
incepted past participle
incepting present participle
incepts third person singular

Morphology

incept = in + cept

The element 'cept' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English word) and the 'in-' here is not a productive English prefix for this sense, so the meaning is not transparently derived for average learners.

Etymology

Incept comes from the Latin incipere, made of in- 'into' and capere 'to take'. You can see the same root in accept ('to take in') or capture ('take'), so to incept something is to 'take it up' and begin it, often in a formal way.