| Pronunciation: | | in'sepshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |
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| | Synonyms: | | origin, origination |
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| | See Also: | | beginning, cause, germination, overture, preliminary, prelude |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*cep"tion\, n. [L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin;
pref. in- in + capere to take. See {Capable}.]
1. Beginning; commencement; initiation. --Bacon.
Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of
progress, and prematureness of decay. --Rawle.
2. Reception; a taking in. [R.] --Poe.
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| | Related Terms: | | babyhood, beginning, beginnings, birth, childhood, commencement, conception, constitution, cradle, derivation, effectuation, establishment, formation, foundation, fountain, freshman year, genesis, grass roots, head, inauguration, inchoation, incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, installation, institution, materialization, nascence, nascency, nativity, organization, origin, original, origination, parturition, pregnancy, provenance, provenience, radical, radix, realization, rise, root, setting-up, source, stem, stock, taproot, well, wellspring, whence, youth |
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