Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incipient; beginning.
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- verb Present participle of
incept .
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Examples
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She appears to be "incepting" Cobb throughout much of the film, albeit with apparently benevolent motives.
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i really like this guy. what should i do? besides "incepting" his mind, lol.
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In order that such distinction of nations might henceforth be detestable and hateful to all, it was resolved that the following clause should be added to the oath of every incepting Master with respect to the observance of peace.
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This was such a serious incubus that statutes were passed limiting such perquisites to kinsmen or members of the same hall; and it probably explains the custom of incepting for others -- the rich acting for the poor.
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University; and every such incepting friar must be a regent for twenty-four months from his inception.
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The Prize is the highest Mathematical honour in the University: the competitors are incepting Bachelors of Arts after the examination for that Degree.
Autobiography Airy, George Biddell, Sir 1896
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All this was repeated several times, showing that the _actinophrys_ instinctively knew that those were nutritious grains, that they were contained in this cell, and that, although each time after incepting a grain it went away to some distance, it knew how to find its way back to the cell again which furnished this nutriment.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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In 2008, Wesco entered into an agreement with National Indemnity (NICO), another Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, to assume a ten percent share of NICO's 20 percent quota share reinsurance of Swiss Re property casualty risks incepting over the five year period ending December 31, 2012.
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Receipts in respect of non-life US dollar denominated business originally written and incepting before that date are held in the Lloyd's American Trust Fund (LATF) of each member, in New York.
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Members 'ultimate results, assets and liabilities are assessed by year of account with reference to policies incepting in that year of account.
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