- Grammar denoting an aspect of a verb expressing the beginning of an action, typically one occurring of its own accord. In many English verbs, inchoative uses alternate systematically with causative uses.【语法】（动词）表示动作（尤指自发性动作）开始体的（在许多英语动词中, 开始体用法与使役用法交替出现）。比较ERGATIVE.
- an inchoative verb起始动词。