Definitions for inceptive

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inceptive in·cep·tive

Spelling: [in-sep-tiv]

IPA: /ɪnˈsɛp tɪv/

Inceptive is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 192 anagrams from letters in inceptive (ceeiinptv).

Definitions for inceptive

noun

1. the inceptive aspect.
2. a verb in this aspect.

adjective

1. beginning; initial.
2. Grammar. (of a derived verb, or of an aspect in verb inflection) expressing the beginning of the action indicated by the underlying verb, as Latin verbs in -scō, which generally have inceptive force, as calēscō “become or begin to be hot” from caleō “be hot.”.

Origin of inceptive

From the Late Latin word inceptīvus, dating back to 1605-15. See incept, -ive

Examples for inceptive

Figure 206 shows a design varied from formal balance over a central axis of symmetry or an inceptive axis.

Note how the center line of both units in Figures 225 and 226 coincides with the inceptive axis of the structure.

What is the value of an inceptive axis with relation to the unity of a design?

Where should the point of concentration be located upon the inceptive axis?

This author looks upon circumcision as of purely climatic origin in its inceptive causes.

Free ornament for partly or fully enriched surfaces should be based and centered upon an inceptive axis of the structure.

How should the units be drawn to be in harmony with the inceptive axis, the contours, and to each other?

State the relation between the point of concentration and the inceptive axis.

These usually have Inchoative or inceptive meaning (see 155, 1).

It is only necessary to have this inceptive axis pass through the enrichment zone of the panel.