What is "inceptive"

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.

1650s, from French inceptif (16c.), from Latin incept-, past participle stem of incipere "to begin" (see inception).

a. 1 beginning; of or relating to inception. 2 (context grammar English) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.