Gram. expressing the beginning of an action; inceptive, as, in English, through the use of the auxiliary get (Ex.: “we got going early”)
Origin:
LL incohativus
noun
an inchoative verb or phrase
See inchoative in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Beginning; initial.
Grammar 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.”