单词 | inceptive |
释义 | inceptiveadj.n. A. adj. 1. Beginning, commencing, incipient; relating to or of the nature of a beginning, initial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adjective] entering1483 initial1526 inceptive1662 initiary1822 ab initio1836 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme 2nd Apol. B. Tylcken in Remainder Bks. 10 Whether is it an inceptive or beginning Mystery, or an Eternall one? a1763 J. Byrom Art Eng. Poetry (R.) You see, in speaking, or by sound, or ink, The grand inceptive caution is to think. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue v. 213 The various accents of the Newfoundland dog..are manifestations wonderfully like inceptive speech. 2. a. Grammar and Logic. Expressing the beginning of action, as inceptive verb, inceptive tenses, inceptive proposition: see quots. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > aspect > [adjective] > inceptive inceptive1656 ingressive1885 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > types of proposition corollaryc1374 porism?a1425 exclusive1533 exponible1569 exceptive1570 continuative1725 desitive1725 inceptive1725 inceptive proposition1725 limitative1864 pseudo-proposition1883 metaphysics1935 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of types of propositions causalc1530 subalternate1599 equipollent1642 reduplicative1671 subalternating1671 pure1697 poristic1704 desitive1725 inceptive1725 contrary1739 exponible1788 analytic1797 analytical1797 poristical1828 oristica1832 oristicosemeiotica1832 balanced1849 plurative1849 molecular1892 dyadic1897 monadic1897 dispositional1909 non-atomic1934 1656 J. Trapp Comm. Rom. vii. 7 The word concupisco is inceptive. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Verbs Inceptive, the same as Inchoatives. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. §4 Inceptive and desitive propositions..as the fogs vanish as the sun rises; but the fogs have not yet begun to vanish; therefore the sun is not yet risen. 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. vii. 120 The three first of these Tenses we call the Inceptive Present, the Inceptive Past, and the Inceptive Future. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. vi. 118 ‘I am going to write’; ‘I am about to write’. These have been called the Inceptive future, as they note the commencement of an action. 1885 Athenæum 23 May 660/1 Nor has any attempt been made to give the inceptive force of the participle תאצומ [being brought forth] in Gen. xxxviii. 25. b. Beginning a word; initial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > initial inceptive1859 anlauting1884 1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 54 (note) This [mvinyo] is..supplied with the truly S. African inceptive m before a consonant. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > of or relating to locus inceptive1706 pedal1862 strophoid1880 strophoidal1908 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Inceptive Magnitude, a Word us'd by Dr. Wallis to express the first Principles in Geometry, which, though of no Magnitude themselves, are yet capable of producing such; thus a Point has no Magnitude it self, but is inceptive of a Line. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Inceptive, a Word used to express such Moments, or first Principles, which tho' of no Magnitude themselves, are yet capable of producing such. B. n. 1. a. Grammar. An inceptive verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > verbs with specific aspects frequentative1530 inchoative1530 inceptive1612 reiterative1805 iterative1853 continuative1870 stative1874 finite1924 1612 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts f. 62v What meane you by inceptiues ending in sco? 1669 J. Milton Accedence 34 Verbs called Inceptives ending in sco, borrow thir Preterperfect Tense from the Verb whereof they are deriv'd, as tepesco tepui from tepeo. 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. vii. 126 A Species of Verbs..called Inchoatives or Inceptives. b. Logic. An inceptive proposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > types of proposition corollaryc1374 porism?a1425 exclusive1533 exponible1569 exceptive1570 continuative1725 desitive1725 inceptive1725 inceptive proposition1725 limitative1864 pseudo-proposition1883 metaphysics1935 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. ii. §6 Inceptives and desitives, which relate to the beginning or ending of any thing; as, the Latin tongue is not yet forgotten. No man before Orpheus wrote Greek verse. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning > the earliest stage(s) beginningc1200 calendsc1374 crepusculum1398 childhood1549 infancy1555 rudiments1566 primordium1577 primitives1602 inchoation1652 inceptive1728 incunabula1824 baby step1825 inchoate1845 incipiency1858 incipience1864 1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 14 In these inceptives of musick. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §63 171 One may observe a different Scope in each, as the Persons, however close to the Inceptives of the Movement, were differently circumstanced. Derivatives inˈceptively adv. in an inceptive way. ΚΠ 1856 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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