1.
[syn: inchoative, inchoative aspect]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. beginning to develop;
- Example: "inchoative stages"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inceptive \In*cep"tive\, a.
Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an
inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the
beginning of action; -- called also inchoative. --
In*cep"tive*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inchoative \In*cho"a*tive\ (?; 277), a. [L. inchoativus,
incohativus: cf. F. inchoatif.]
Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an
inchoative verb. "Some inchoative or imperfect rays." --W.
Montagu. -- n. An inchoative verb. See Inceptive.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inchoative
adj 1: beginning to develop; "inchoative stages"
n 1: aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the
verb [syn: inchoative, inchoative aspect]