Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate.
                                                  --Raleigh.