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incept.

To take in or ingest.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To take in or ingest.

    transitive
  2. To begin.

    transitive
    The company was incepted in 2006.
  3. To accept or to be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University.

    UK · ambitransitive
  4. To put an idea into a person's mind so deeply that they believe it was their own.

    transitive
    Is the idea really yours? Or was it incepted into your mind by your friend?
Where this word comes from

* 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).

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