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Feb 11, 2012
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in•cep•tive



Pronunciation: (in-sep'tiv), [key]
—adj.
1. beginning; initial.
2. Gram.(of a derived verb, or of an aspect in verb inflection) expressing the beginning of the action indicated by the underlying verb, as Latin verbs in -scō, which generally have inceptive force, as calēscō “become or begin to be hot” from caleō “be hot.”

—n. Gram.
1. the inceptive aspect.
2. a verb in this aspect.

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