| Pronunciation: | | in'kowit
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| Matching Terms: | | inchoation, inchoative, inchoative aspect
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| | Definition: | | [adj] only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" |
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| | Synonyms: | | early, incipient |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In"cho*ate\, a. [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p.
of incohare to begin.]
Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully
in existence or operation; existing in its elements;
incomplete. -- {In"cho*ate*ly}, adv.
Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate.
--Raleigh.
\In"cho*ate\, v. t.
To begin. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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