Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Inceptive \In*cep"tive\, n.
   An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.