intercipient

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈsɪpi.ənt/

Adjective

intercipient (not comparable)

1. Intercepting; stopping.

Noun

intercipient (plural intercipients)

1. 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

“intercipient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

intercipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intercipiō