INCHOATE

incipient, inchoate

(adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; “incipient civil disorder”; “an incipient tumor”; “a vague inchoate idea”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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