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- relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial开始的, 初期的。
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- Grammar (of a verb) expressing the beginning of an action【语法】（动词）表示动作开始的。
- Grammar an inceptive verb【语法】表示开始的动词。
词源
early 17th cent. (as a noun)： from late Latin inceptivus, from incept- 'begun'， from the verb incipere.