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