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intercipient en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈsɪpi.ənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intercipiēns, present participle of intercipiō. See intercept.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Intercepting; stopping.

intercipient en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈsɪpi.ənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intercipiēns, present participle of intercipiō. See intercept.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything.
   • I continued the way of dressing , and applied Empl. è bolo, as an Intercipient , about the Ancle and upper part of the Foot 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

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