Definition for IN-CEP'TIVE

IN-CEP'TIVE, a. [L. inceptivus, from incipio, to begin.]

Beginning; noting beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action. A point is inceptive of a line, and a line is inceptive of a surface.

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