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单词 inceptive
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•cep•tive  (in sep′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. beginning;
    initial.
  2. Grammar(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. Grammarthe inceptive aspect.
  2. Grammara verb in this aspect.
  • Late Latin inceptīvus. See incept, -ive
  • 1605–15
in•cep′tive•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inchoative, embryonic, nascent.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
inceptive /ɪnˈsɛptɪv/ adj
  1. beginning; incipient; initial
  2. Also called: inchoative denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to indicate the beginning of an action
 n
  1. the inceptive aspect of verbs

inˈceptively adv
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