inchoate
adjEtymology
The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb circa 1631; borrowed from Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“to begin”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Cognate with Spanish incoar (“to initiate, commence, begin”).
- borrowed from incohātus
Definitions
Recently started but not fully formed yet
Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate
- It do's indeed perfect and crown thoſe graces which were here inchoate and begun, but no mans converſion ever ſucceeded his being there ...
Chaotic, disordered, confused
Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.
- Congress considers the inchoate offenses of attempt and conspiracy, even conspiracy without an overt act, to be just as serious as the federal substantive drug offenses which they contemplate.
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A beginning, an immature start.
To begin or start (something).
To cause or bring about. In the field of criminology, to encourage, assist, conspire, aid…
To cause or bring about. In the field of criminology, to encourage, assist, conspire, aid and abet, incite, etc.
To make a start.
The neighborhood
- neighborinchoation
- neighborinchoative
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for inchoate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA