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Webster 1913 Edition
Inchoative
In-cho′a-tive
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[L.
inchoativus
, incohativus
: cf. F. inchoatif
.] Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive;
“Some inchoative or imperfect rays.” as, an
. inchoative
verbW. Montagu.
– Noun.
An inchoative verb. See
Inceptive
.Webster 1828 Edition
Inchoative
INCHO'ATIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
inchoative
inchoative
English
Adjective
inchoative (not comparable)
- At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
- W. Montagu
- Some inchoative or imperfect rays.
- 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II Of Prussia
- Our first Piece is of Winter, or late Autumn, 1771,—while the solution of the Polish Business is still in its inchoative stages; …
- W. Montagu
- (grammar) Aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin.
- (grammar) Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.
Related terms
Translations
grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
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Noun
inchoative (plural inchoatives)
- (grammar) An inchoative construction.