D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Inchoate

/ĭnˌ-kō'-ət/ · In·cho·ate · IPA /ɪnˈkoʊət/
01 a. Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
  1. 1.
    Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
    “Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate.” — Raleigh.
02 v. t. To begin.
  1. 1.
    To begin.[Obs.]