inchoative
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of inchoative
1520–30; < Late Latin inchoātīvum ( verbum ) inceptive (verb). See inchoate, -ive
Example Sentences
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Interpreters will tell us of a threefold day, wherein this prophecy or promise is to be fulfilled; that is, the literal or inchoative, evangelical or spiritual, universal or perfect day.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James
Used to form intransitive and inchoative verbs of the third conj.
From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry
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