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in⋅cho⋅a⋅tive

  [in-koh-uh-tiv] Grammar
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–adjective
1. inceptive.
–noun
2. an inceptive.
Origin:
1520–30; < LL inchoātīvum (verbum) inceptive (verb). See inchoate, -ive
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in·cho·a·tive   (ĭn-kō'ə-tĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Beginning; initial.

  2. Grammar Of or being a verb or verbal form that designates the beginning of an action, state, or event, such as the Latin verb tumēscēre, "to begin to swell."

in·cho'a·tive n., in·cho'a·tive·ly adv.
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