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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inchoative \In*cho"a*tive\ (?; 277), a. [L. inchoativus
incohativus: cf F. inchoatif.]
Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as an
inchoative verb ``Some inchoative or imperfect rays.'' --W.
Montagu. -- n. An inchoative verb See {Inceptive}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inchoative
adj : beginning to develop; "inchoative stages" [syn: {formative}]
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