Bible Dictionaries
Inceptive

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.

(2):

(a.) Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; - called also inchoative.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Inceptive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/inceptive.html. 1828.