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inceptive

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in·cep·tive  (n-sptv)
adj.
1. Incipient; beginning.
2. Grammar Inchoative.
n.
Grammar An inchoative verb.
inceptive [ɪnˈsɛptɪv]
adj
1. beginning; incipient; initial
2. (Linguistics / Grammar) Also called inchoative Grammar denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to indicate the beginning of an action
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar
a.  the inceptive aspect of verbs
b.  a verb in this aspect
inceptively  adv


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At this dim inceptive stage of the day Tess seemed to Clare to exhibit a dignified largeness both of disposition and physique, an almost regnant power, possibly because he knew that at that preternatural time hardly any woman so well endowed in person as she was likely to be walking in the open air within the boundaries of his horizon; very few in all England.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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