Inchoative
1Inchoative — aspect (also called inceptive aspect) is a verbal category, referring to an action soon to take place. It can be found in conservative Indo European languages such as Latin and Lithuanian, and also in Balto Finnic languages. In other languages,… …
2Inchoative — 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… …
3inchoative — [in kō′ə tiv] adj. [LL incohativus] 1. Rare INCHOATE (sense 1) 2. Gram. expressing the beginning of an action; inceptive, as, in English, through the use of the auxiliary get (Ex.: “we got going early”) n. an inchoative verb or phrase …
4Inchoatīve — (v. lat.), 1) Einleitung, Beginnen; 2) so v.w. Initiative …
5inchoative — index fundamental, incipient, original (initial) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6inchoative — adjective /ɪnˈkəʊ.ə.tɪv,ɪnˈkoʊətɪv/ a) At the beginning, still in an unformed state. Our first Piece is of Winter, or late Autumn, 1771, while the solution of the Polish Business is still in its inchoative stages; … b) Aspectually indicating that …
7inchoative — adjective Date: circa 1631 1. initial, formative < the inchoative stages > 2. denoting the beginning of an action, state, or occurrence used of verbs • inchoative noun • inchoatively adverb …
8inchoative — ● inchoatif, inchoative adjectif (bas latin inchoativus, du latin classique inchoare, commencer) inchoatif nom masculin (bas latin inchoativus, du latin classique inchoare, commencer) Se dit d une forme verbale qui indique que l action est… …
9inchoative — I noun aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb • Syn: ↑inchoative aspect • Hypernyms: ↑aspect II adjective beginning to develop inchoative stages …
10inchoative — 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] …
