Inceptive Definition

ĭn-sĕptĭv
adjective
Beginning; introductory; initial.
Webster's New World
Inchoative.
American Heritage
Expressing the beginning of an action.
Webster's New World
noun
An inceptive verb or form, as in Latin.
Webster's New World

Origin of Inceptive

  • From the French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“I begin”).

    From Wiktionary

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