Part 5677

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Beginning; commencement; initiation.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>Marked with vivacity of <b>inception</b>, apathy of progress, and prematureness of decay. <i>Rawle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Reception; a taking in.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Poe.</i>

<h1>Inceptive</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cep"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; <as>as, an <ex>inceptive</ex> proposition; an <ex>inceptive</ex> verb, which expresses the beginning of action</as>; -- called also <altname>inchoative</altname>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In*cep"tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Inceptive</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cep"tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.</def>

<h1>Inceptor</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cep"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A beginner; one in the rudiments.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university.</def>

<i>Walton.</i>

<h1>Inceration</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In`cer*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incerare</ets> to smear with wax; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>cerare</ets> to wax, fr. <ets>cera</ets> wax: cf. F. <ets>inc\'82ration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of smearing or covering with wax.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Incerative</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cer"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cleaving or sticking like wax.</def>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<h1>Incertain</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cer"tain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>certain</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incertain</ets>, L. <ets>incertus</ets>. See <er>Certain</er>.]</ety> <def>Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In*cer"tain*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Very questionable and of <b>uncertain</b> truth. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incertainty</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cer"tain*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Uncertainty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Incertitude</h1> <Xpage=743>

<hw>In*cer"ti*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incertitude</ets>, LL. <ets>incertitudo</ets>, fr. L. <ets>incertus</ets>. See <er>Incertain</er>.]</ety> <def>Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.</def>