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inceptive Definition

in·cep·tive (in septiv)

adjective

  1. beginning; introductory; initial
  2. Gram. expressing the beginning of an action

Etymology: OFr inceptif < LL inceptivus < L inceptus: see inception

noun

an inceptive verb or form, as in Latin

inceptive Related Forms

in·cep·tively adverb

Browse dictionary entries near inceptive

  1. inception
  2. incept
  3. incentive
  4. incensed
  5. incense cedar
  6. incense
  7. incendiary
  8. incautiously
  9. incautious
  10. incaution
  1. incertitude
  2. incessant
  3. incessantly
  4. incest
  5. incestuous
  6. inch
  7. inchmeal
  8. inchoate
  9. inchoation
  10. inchoative