Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inchoate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inchoate \In"cho*ate\, v. t.
To begin. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inchoate \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inchoate
adj : only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient
civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague
inchoate idea" [syn: {incipient}]
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