Inchoately

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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