Inceptive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inceptive \In*cep"tive\, n.
     An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "inceptive":
     abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning,
     budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, fetal,
     formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, in embryo,
     in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative,
     incipient, incunabular, infant, infantile, initial, initiative,
     initiatory, introductory, inventive, nascent, natal, original,
     parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime,
     primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental,
     rudimentary, ur, wonder