Complete Definition of "inchoactive"

English

Etymology
From incohativus, a participle stem of the Latin word, incohare, “to begin.”

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Describing the initial stage of an act.
  2. Pertaining to the nature of commencement or beginnings.
  3. Denoting the start of an action. (Grammatical)

Noun
en-noun

  1. grammar An inchoative verb.

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