INCHOATIVE Definition & Meaning

inchoative

[ in-koh-uh-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inceptive.

noun

an inceptive.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

�ܲ�i��·��a·�پ�� adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of inchoative¹

1520–30; < Late Latin ��Գ��ī��ܳ� ( verbum ) inceptive (verb). See inchoate, -ive

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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.

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In both these ways virtue is natural to man inchoatively.

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Used to form intransitive and inchoative verbs of the third conj.

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