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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inception \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inception
n : an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of
subsequent events [syn: {origin}, {origination}, {genesis}]
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