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Webster 1913 Edition


Inceptive

In-cep′tive

,
Adj.
Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning;
as, an
inceptive
proposition; an
inceptive
verb, which expresses the beginning of action
; – called also
inchoative
.
–
In-cep′tive-ly
,
adv.

In-cep′tive

,
Noun.
An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inceptive

INCEP'TIVE

,
Adj.
[L. inceptivus, from incipio, to begin.]
Beginning; noting beginning; as an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action.
A point is inceptive of a line, and a line is inceptive of a surface.