her-, hes- +

1. That which sticks or clings firmly together; especially united by the force of cohesion.
2. In botany, sticking to but not fused with a part or an organ of the same kind.
3. Of thought, speech, reasoning, etc. in which all the parts are consistent, and hang well together.

1. A reference to something sticking together.
2. Characterized by being orderly, logical, and consistent.

The action, or condition, of cohering; that is, cleaving or sticking together.

Specifically, the force with which the molecules of a body or substance cleave together.

1. Having the property of cohering; characterized by cohesion; in other words, sticking, holding, or working together as a united whole.
2. In physics, the intermolecular attraction by which the elements of a body are held together.

A reference to anything that tends to unite in a mass, and to resist separation.

When the members of a group, or society, are united and working together effectively.

1. Having a certain degree of unwillingness to do something.
2. An involuntary delay or an inability in starting something.

Reluctant to do, or to say, something because of indecision or lack of confidence.

1. To be slow in doing something, or to pause while doing or saying something; often because of uncertainty or reluctance.
2. To be reluctant to do, or to say, something.
3. Etymologically, to hesitate means "to become stuck".

It comes from Latin haesitare, a derivative of haerere, "to hold fast, to stick".

The basic idea of hesitate refers to being "held back", or in speech of "stammering", and so of being unable to act or speak promptly or decisively.

1. Someone who hesitates; that in, wavers, or is irresolute; a waverer.
2. Anyone who holds back because of doubt or indecision.

1. The action of hesitating; a pausing or delaying in deciding or acting, due to irresolution; the condition of doubt in relation to action.
2. The state of being reluctant or undecided.
3. A pause, or faltering, in speech which may lead to stammering.
4. Etymology: from Latin hæsitationem, hæsitatio, "irresolution, uncertainty"; from hæsitare, "to stick fast, to stammer in speech, to be undecided"; a recurring action of hærere, "to stick, to cling".

1. Just beginning to develop.
2. Only partly formed; partly in existence; imperfectly formed or developed.
3. Lacking structure, order, or organization: "Under the process of this inchoate character in the novel, the narrative founders, or breaks down."
4. Etymology: from Latin inchoatus, inchoare, alteration of incohare, "to begin"; originally "to hitch up".

Inchoate is believed to have been borrowed directly from Late Latin inchoationem, nominative inchoatio, from Latin inchoare, and incorrectly altered from incohare, "to begin, to start out".

It originally referred to "hitch up" (a wagon or plough); from in-, "on" + cohum, "strap by which a shaft or plough was fastened to the oxen's yoke".

A reference to something that is only partly in existence; especially, imperfectly formed or formulated.

The act of beginning something; such as, a commencement, an inception, or an origin.

1. Being only partly in existence or operation; incipient; especially, imperfectly formed or formulated.
2. Just begun and not yet properly developed.