Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.