Definitions
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- adjective Describing the initial stage of an act.
- adjective Pertaining to the nature of commencement or beginnings.
- adjective Denoting the start of an action. (Grammatical)
- noun grammar An
inchoative verb .
Etymologies
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From incohativus, a participle stem of the Latin word, incohare, “to begin.”
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