English Explanatory Dictionary

inceptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Beginning; of or relating to inception.
  2. Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
noun
  1. An inceptive construction.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsɛptɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inceptive.wav

Word forms

inceptive more inceptive most inceptive inceptives

Etymology

Borrowed from French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“to begin”).

Related words

inception incept incipient fientive inchoative

Derived words

inceptively
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