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inchoate

in.cho.ate \in-'ko--*t, 'in-k*-.wa-t\ aj [L inchoatus, pp. of inchoare, 
   lit., to hitch up, fr. in- + (Xcohum strap fastening a plow beam to the 
   yoke : being recently begun : being only partly in existence or operation 
   :: imperfectly formed : INCIPIENT - in.cho.ate.ly av