— inceptively , adv.
/in sep"tiv/ , adj.
1. beginning; initial.
2. Gram. (of a derived verb, or of an aspect in verb inflection) expressing the beginning of the action indicated by the underlying verb, as Latin verbs in -sco, which generally have inceptive force, as calesco "become or begin to be hot" from caleo "be hot."
n. Gram.
3. the inceptive aspect.
4. a verb in this aspect.
[ 1605-15; inceptivus. See INCEPT, -IVE ]
Syn. 1. inchoative, embryonic, nascent.