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INCHOATE
incipient, inchoate
(adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; “incipient civil disorder”; “an incipient tumor”; “a vague inchoate idea”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
inchoate (comparative more inchoate, superlative most inchoate)
Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
Synonyms: elementary, immature, embryonic, incipient, nascent, rudimentary
Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
Synonyms: chaotic, confused
(law) Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.
Noun
inchoate (plural inchoates)
(rare) A beginning, an immature start.
Verb
inchoate (third-person singular simple present inchoates, present participle inchoating, simple past and past participle inchoated)
(transitive) To begin or start (something).
(transitive) To cause or bring about.
(intransitive) To make a start.
Anagrams
• Noachite, choanite, ethanoic, thiocane
Source: Wiktionary
In"cho*ate, a. Etym: [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To begin. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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