intercipient

One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything.

Adjective

  1. Intercepting; stopping.

Origin

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

Noun

  1. 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 Foot - 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock,...

Forms

intercipients