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in·cho·ate (ĭn-kō'ĭt)
adj.
  1. In an initial or early stage; incipient.
  2. Imperfectly formed or developed: a vague, inchoate idea.

[Latin inchoātus, past participle of inchoāre, to begin, alteration of incohāre : in-, in; see in-2 + cohum, strap from yoke to harness.]

inchoately in·cho'ate·ly adv.
inchoateness in·cho'ate·ness n.

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