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Webster 1913 Edition
Inceptor
In-cep′tor
,Noun.
[L.]
1.
A beginner; one in the rudiments.
Johnson.
2.
One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university.
Walton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inceptor
INCEP'TOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
inceptor
inceptor
English
Noun
inceptor (plural inceptors)
- A beginner; one in the rudiments.
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- (Britain) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Walton to this entry?)
Latin
Verb
inceptor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of inceptō
References
- inceptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inceptor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers