<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>beginning</li><li>initial</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>nascent</li><li>embryonic</li><li>inchoative</li></ul><p><strong>Grammar</strong></p><ul><li>(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.”</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Grammar. the inceptive aspect. a verb in this aspect.</li></ul>