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Webster 1913 Edition
Inceptive
In-cep′tive
,Adj.
Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning;
– as, an
; – called also inceptive
proposition; an inceptive
verb, which expresses the beginning of actioninchoative
. In-cep′tive-ly
, adv.
In-cep′tive
,Noun.
An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inceptive
INCEP'TIVE
,Adj.
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.