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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

inceptio

, fr.

incipere

to begin; pref.

in-

in +

capere

to take. See

Beginning; commencement; initiation.

Bacon.

Marked with vivacity of

inception

, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay.

Rawle.

Reception; a taking in.

[R.]

Poe.

Noun.

[L. inceptio, from incipio, to begin; in and capio, to take.] Beginning.

I hope this society will not be marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay.