inception : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inception	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inception
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inception n an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events Synonym(s): origin, origination, inception
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inception \In*cep"tion\, n. [L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin; pref. in- in + capere to take. See {Capable}.] 1. Beginning; commencement; initiation. --Bacon. Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. --Rawle. 2. Reception; a taking in. [R.] --Poe.