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English Dictionary: inchoate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inchoate adj only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" Synonym(s): incipient, inchoate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inchoate \In"choate\, a. [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.] Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete. -- {In"choate*ly}, adv. Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. --Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inchoate \In"cho*ate\, v. t. To begin. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.