intercipient
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin intercipiēns, present participle of intercipiō. See intercept.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intercipient (not comparable)
Noun[edit]
intercipient (plural intercipients)
- One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:
- I continued the way of dressing , and applied Empl. è bolo, as an Intercipient , about the Ancle and upper part of the Foot
References[edit]
“intercipient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
intercipient
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