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inchoative, a. and n.|ɪnˈkəʊətɪv, ˈɪnkəʊeɪtɪv|
[ad. L. inchoātīv-us (prop. incohātīv-us), f. ppl. stem of inchoāre, incohāre to begin: see inchoate v. and -ive.]
A. adj.
1. That is in an initial or incipient stage; rudimentary, inchoate; belonging to or of the nature of a beginning or commencement, initial.
a1631[see inchoated]. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii 1 This pureness is either imputative..Or inchoative, inherent pureness. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 32 That the stable Ferments of places, should be as it were, the chief universal, simple, and inchoative or beginning Beginnings of Seeds. a1703Burkitt On N.T., Gal. v. 24 We must not understand this of a total, plenery, and final crucifixion, but inchoative only. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xxi. v. (1872) X. 45 The solution of the Polish Business is still in its inchoative stages.
2. Gram. Of verbs: Denoting the beginning of an action; inceptive.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 450 Those particular Terminations which signifie a Verb to be Inchoative, Frequentative, Diminutive, are not without many exceptions. 1751Harris Hermes i. vii. (1765) 126 These Inchoative Verbs are so peculiarly appropriated to the Beginnings of Time, that they are defective as to all Tenses, which denote it in its Completion. 1871Roby Lat. Gram. §634 The inchoative form sometimes exists alone, sometimes is used besides the ordinary stem.
B. n. (Gram.) An inchoative verb; see A. 2.
1530Palsgr. 403 They knowe neyther frequentatyves, nor inchoatyves, nor no suche sortes of verbes. 1678Phillips (ed. 4), Inchoatives, in Grammar..as Calesco, to grow hot, or begin to be hot. 1751Harris Hermes i. vii. (1765) 126 The Latins..have a Species of Verbs, derived from others..called Inchoatives or Inceptives. 1871Roby Lat. Gram. §638 Inchoatives formed directly from noun stems. |