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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

intercept XVI. f. intercept-, pp. stem of L. intercipere, f. INTER- + capere take, seize.
So interception XVI. — F. or L.

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