inceptive
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"One is at once impressed," admits Psychologist Seashore, "with the appalling task which this inceptive science has assumed for itself, and how undeveloped the work is within this field."
From Time Magazine Archive
Particularly in the playing of Miss Johns one seems to see the gathering nebula of an inceptive star.
From Time Magazine Archive
What remains is the inceptive will to achieve Righteousness.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
The development of wheeled vehicles from the first inceptive idea of the wheel to the present appreciable methods of its use was comprehensively illustrated.
From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Wisthaler, Johanna S.
Imperfect tense, 260; —— conative, 260, 3; —— inceptive, 260, 3; —— with jam, etc.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
