inceptive

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛptɪv/

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inceptive (comparative more inceptive, superlative most inceptive)

1. Beginning; of or relating to inception.
2. (grammar) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.

   The inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]".

• inception
• incept
• incipient

• fientive
• inchoative

inceptive (plural inceptives)

1. (grammar) An inceptive construction.

inceptīve

1. vocative masculine singular of inceptīvus