inception

inception
    n 1: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of
         subsequent events [syn: {origin}, {origination},
         {inception}]
    

Inception \In*cep"tion\, n. [L. inceptio, fr. incipere to begin;
   pref. in- in + capere to take. See {Capable}.]
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   1. Beginning; commencement; initiation. --Bacon.
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            Marked with vivacity of inception, apathy of
            progress, and prematureness of decay. --Rawle.
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   2. Reception; a taking in. [R.] --Poe.
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INCEPTION. The commencement; the beginning. In making a will, for example, 
the writing is its inception. 3 Co. 31 b; Plowd. 343. Vide Consummation; 
Progression. 
    

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "inception":
      babyhood, beginning, beginnings, birth, childhood, commencement,
      conception, constitution, cradle, derivation, effectuation,
      establishment, formation, foundation, fountain, freshman year,
      genesis, grass roots, head, inauguration, inchoation, incipience,
      incipiency, incunabula, infancy, installation, institution,
      materialization, nascence, nascency, nativity, organization,
      origin, original, origination, parturition, pregnancy, provenance,
      provenience, radical, radix, realization, rise, root, setting-up,
      source, stem, stock, taproot, well, wellspring, whence, youth