INCEPTIVE


Meaning of INCEPTIVE in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 a beginning. b initial. 2 Gram. (of a verb) that denotes the beginning of an action.

n. an inceptive verb.

[ LL inceptivus (as INCEPT) ]

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