incept

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  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?

词形变化

incepts present,singular,third-person incepting participle,present incepted participle,past incepted past

词源

* 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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