Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inchoative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inceptive \In*cep"tive\, a.
Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an
inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the
beginning of action; -- called also {inchoative}. --
{In*cep"tive*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inchoative \In*cho"a*tive\ (?; 277), a. [L. inchoativus,
incohativus: cf. F. inchoatif.]
Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an
inchoative verb. ``Some inchoative or imperfect rays.'' --W.
Montagu. -- n. An inchoative verb. See {Inceptive}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inchoative
adj : beginning to develop; "inchoative stages" [syn: {formative}]
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