English-Thai Dictionary
inceptive
ADJ ที่ เริ่มต้น (คำ ทางการ initial introductory ti-roem-ton
inceptive
N คำกริยา ที่ แสดง การ เริ่มต้น ของ การกระทำ (ทาง ภาษาศาสตร์ kam-kri-ya-ti-sa-daeng-kan-roem-ton-kong-kan-kra-tam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INCEPTIVE
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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INCEPTIVE
INCEPTIVE In *cep "tive, a.
Defn: 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.
INCEPTIVE
INCEPTIVE In *cep "tive, n.
Defn: An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.
New American Oxford Dictionary
inceptive
in cep tive |inˈseptiv ɪnˈsɛptɪv | ▶adjective relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial. • Grammar (of a verb ) expressing the beginning of an action; inchoative. ▶noun Grammar an inceptive verb. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as a noun ): from late Latin inceptivus, from incept- ‘begun, ’ from the verb incipere.
Oxford Dictionary
inceptive
in ¦cep |tive |ɪnˈsɛptɪv | ▶adjective relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial: the inceptive period of the program. • Grammar (of a verb ) expressing the beginning of an action. ▶noun Grammar an inceptive verb. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as a noun ): from late Latin inceptivus, from incept- ‘begun ’, from the verb incipere.
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