Inchoative Definition

ĭn-kōə-tĭv
adjective
Beginning; initial.
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Webster's New World
Of or being a verb or verbal form that designates the beginning of an action, state, or event, such as the Latin verb tumēscēre, “to begin to swell.”
American Heritage
Expressing the beginning of an action; inceptive, as, in English, through the use of the auxiliary get (Ex.: “we got going early”)
Webster's New World

At the beginning, still in an unformed state.

Wiktionary
noun
An inchoative verb or phrase.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • inchoative aspect

Origin of Inchoative

  • Latin inchoativus, incohativus: compare French inchoatif.

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