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.
In*cep"tive, n. An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.
In*cep"tor (?), n. [L.] 1. A beginner; one in the rudiments. Johnson.
2. One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an
English university. Walton.
In`cer*a"tion (?), n. [L. incerare to smear with wax; pref. in- in +
cerare to wax, fr. cera wax: cf. F. incération.] The act of smearing or
covering with wax. B. Jonson.
In*cer"a*tive (?), a. Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave.
In*cer"tain (?), n. [Pref. in- not + certain: cf. F. incertain, L.
incertus. See Certain.] Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. --
In*cer"tain*ly, adv.
Very questionable and of uncertain truth.
Sir T. Browne.
In*cer"tain*ty (?), n. Uncertainty. [Obs.] Shak.
In*cer"ti*tude (?), n. [Cf. F. incertitude, LL. incertitudo, fr. L.
incertus. See Incertain.] Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.
The incertitude and instability of this life.
Holland.
He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution.