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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\In*cep"tive\, n.
An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.
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