INCHOATION

Etymology

Noun

inchoation (plural inchoations)

A beginning or origin.

Source: Wiktionary


In`cho*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. inchoatio, incohatio.]

Definition: Act of beginning; commencement; inception. The setting on foot some of those arts, in those parts, would be looked on as the first inchoation of them. Sir M. Hale. It is now in actual progress, from the rudest inchoation to the most elaborate finishing. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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