intercipient

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intercipient - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intercipient \In`ter*cip"i*ent\, a. [L. intercipiens, -entis, p.
     pr. of intercipere. See Intercept.]
     Intercepting; stopping. -- n. One who, or that which,
     intercepts or stops anything on the passage. --Wiseman.
     [1913 Webster]