'Inchoation' definitions:

Definition of 'Inchoation'

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  • Inchoation \In`cho*a"tion\, n. [L. inchoatio, incohatio.] Act of beginning; commencement; inception. [1913 Webster]
  • The setting on foot some of those arts, in those parts, would be looked on as the first inchoation of them. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
  • It is now in actual progress, from the rudest inchoation to the most elaborate finishing. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

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