intercipient

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

intercipient (not comparable)

  1. intercepting; stopping.

Noun

intercipient (plural intercipients)

  1. One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for intercipient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

intercipient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of intercipiō
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