INCHOATIVE

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb. "Some inchoative or imperfect rays." W. Montagu. -- n.

2.
a.

An inchoative verb. See Inceptive.

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