inchoation
koʊˈeɪ noun
a beginning; origin.
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| inchoate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | just beginning; incipient |
| 2. | undeveloped; immature; rudimentary |
| 3. | (of a legal document, promissory note, etc) in an uncompleted state; not yet made specific or valid |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to begin |
| [C16: from Latin incohāre to make a beginning, literally: to hitch up, from | |
| in'choately | |
| —adv | |
| in'choateness | |
| —n | |
| incho'ation | |
| —n | |
| inchoative | |
| —adj | |
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Inchoation
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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