'Inceptive' definitions:
Definition of 'Inceptive'
From: GCIDE
- Inceptive \In*cep"tive\, a. Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative. -- {In*cep"tive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inceptive'
From: GCIDE
- Inceptive \In*cep"tive\, n. An inceptive word, phrase, or clause. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inceptive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- antenatal,
- autochthonous,
- beginning,
- budding,
- creative,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- gestatory,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- nascent,
- natal,
- original,
- parturient,
- postnatal,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- procreative,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- ur,
- wonder