Found 2 items, similar to inchoate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: inchoate inchoate adj : only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; “incipient civil disorder”; “an incipient tumor”; “a vague inchoate idea” [syn: incipient]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Inchoate Inchoate \In"cho*ate\, a. [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.] Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete. -- In"cho*ate*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. --Raleigh. [1913 Webster] Inchoate \In"cho*ate\, v. t. To begin. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]