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Definition of Inchoate
1. Adjective. Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed. "A vague inchoate idea"
Definition of Inchoate
1. a. Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
2. v. t. To begin.
Definition of Inchoate
1. Adjective. Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature. ¹
2. Adjective. Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling. ¹
3. Noun. (rare) A beginning, an immature start. ¹
4. Verb. To begin or start something. ¹
5. Verb. To cause or bring about. ¹
6. Verb. To make a start. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inchoate
1. being in an early stage [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inchoate
Literary usage of Inchoate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"An "inchoate right of dower," while it cannot be properly denominated an estate
... While equity will protect an inchoate right of dower, it should do so in ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1889)
"had been fixed upon the land before the inchoate right of dower had attached;
and, so far as I can discover, there is nothing said in any of these cases ..."
3. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Mere inchoate Interests Do Not Pass.—Nor would a mere inchoate interest pass,48
and this would be so although the bankrupt by joining in a deed or otherwise ..."
4. Chapters on the Principles of International Law by John Westlake (1894)
"The inchoate Title by Discovery or Occupation. The first of the questions of
detail which have been alluded to is under what conditions did discovery ..."
5. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1912)
"... since in fact no sovereignty of a State is exercised over the territory,
inchoate § 223. In former times the two conditions of posses- Discovery, ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"There may be an inchoate interest in an estate in which the husband has an
equitable interest, as well as where he has an absolute interest in fee simple. ..."
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