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Inceptive - What does it mean?

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inceptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Beginning; of or relating to inception.
  • (grammar) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
    • Few languages have an inceptive' aspect. In some that do, it is identical to the inchoative aspect. The ' inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]".

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    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.