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.”
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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
noun
An inchoative verb or phrase.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- inchoative aspect
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