| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative.[Websters]
2. Being incipient, inchoative or inchoate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being initial, original, primordial, primitive or pristine. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being initiatory. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being introductory, preliminary or prefatory. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being primary, basic, elemental, elementary or prime. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb inceptively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (inceptively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective inceptive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "INCEPTIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: INCEPTIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Beginning; noting beginning; as an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action. A point is inceptive of a line, and a line is inceptive of a surface.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (grammar) aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning Few languages have an inceptive aspect. In some that do, it is identical to the inchoative aspect. The inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]". (references) | 2: [Adjective] beginning; of or related to inception. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
