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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inceptive \In*cep"tive\, a. 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inchoative \In*cho"a*tive\ (?; 277), a. [L. inchoativus incohativus: cf F. inchoatif.] Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as an inchoative verb ``Some inchoative or imperfect rays.'' --W. Montagu. -- n. An inchoative verb See {Inceptive}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inchoative adj : beginning to develop; "inchoative stages" [syn: {formative}]
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