Definition of Inceptives

1. inceptive [n] - See also: inceptive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inceptives

incentivized
incentivizes
incentivizing
incentre
incentres
incents
incept
incepted
incepting
inception
inception rate
inceptions
inceptisol
inceptive
inceptively
inceptives (current term)
inceptor
inceptors
incepts
inceration
incerations
incerative
incertae sedis
incertain
incertainty
incertitude
incertitudes
incessable
incessably
incessancies

Literary usage of Inceptives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Sound and Inflexion as Illustrated in the Greek and Latin by John Edward King, Christopher Cookson (1888)
"... either :— inceptives (a) Immediately to the simple root in— sterna.1™' hi-sco, pa-sco, gli-sco, cre-sco (where the root is cer- in Cer-es and the long ..."

2. The student's Maráthí grammar by Ganpatráo R. Navalkar (1880)
"The inceptives express the beginning of an action, and there are two serviles used to make up their forms, viz. ..."

3. A Grammar of the Hindūstānī Or Urdū Language by John Thompson Platts (1874)
"... inceptives, Permissives, etc., are not compound verbs (see §§ 205, 213, 216). Of the Nominals we shall have more to say further on. ..."

4. A Grammar of the Urdū Or Hindūstānī Language by John Dowson (1872)
"inceptives.—Formed with the Inflected Infinitive and the verb l^3 lagna, when the verb lagna signifies ' to begin,' a sense which it rarely or never bears ..."

5. An Easy Introduction to the Study of Hindústánı́ Words: In which the English by Monier Monier-Williams, Cotton Mather (1858)
"Three kinds of compound verbs are said to come from the inflected infinitive, but these are rather phrases than compound verbs. They are, 163. inceptives ..."

6. A Grammar of the Urdū Or Hindūstānī Language in Its Romanized Character by George Small (1895)
"In Frequentative and Desiderative Compounds the old forms jayd and mard are used instead of gayu and mud. 259. (6) inceptives, (7) Permissives, ..."

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