- incept⇄incept, intransitive verb.
1. to complete the taking of a degree of master or doctor (in certain English universities, now especially at Cambridge).
2. to enter upon one's career or office. - incept⇄v.t. 1. to take in (matter), as an organism or cell.
2. to begin; arouse.
Ex. ... full of breathless satisfaction at having incepted progressive action in his commander (Atlantic).