Category:Inceptive

In*cep"tive, a.

Defn: 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.

inceptive In*cep"tive, n.

Defn: An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.