intercipient

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈsɪpi.ənt/

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

Intercepting; stopping.

noun

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

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 Foot1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

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