| 单词 | inceptive |
| 释义 | inceptive —inceptively, adv. /in sep"tiv/, 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 -sco, which generally have inceptive force, as calesco "become or begin to be hot" from caleo "be hot." n. Gram. 3. the inceptive aspect. 4. a verb in this aspect. [1605-15; < LL inceptivus. See INCEPT, -IVE] Syn. 1. inchoative, embryonic, nascent. |
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