excipio

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I take out; I except.
  • I rescue.
  • I receive, capture.
  • (figurative) I understand (in the sense of taking in or receiving knowledge/meaning)

Etymology

Affix from Latin capiō (take, seize, capture, contain, I capture, I seize, I hold, I take, understand, hold, I seize upon, grasp, am large enough for, I lay hold of) root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

Concept
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Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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