Definition of: inchoate

(in·kō′it, in′kō·āt) adjective
Existing in its elements only; begun or entered upon, but not in full existence or operation; incipient.
—v.t. & v.i. (in′kō·āt) ·at·ed, ·at·ing Rare To begin. [<L inchoatus, incohatus, pp. of incohare begin]
—in·cho′ate·ly adverb
—in′cho·a′tion, in·cho′ate·ness noun