incipiency

American  

[in-sip-ee-uhn-see] / ɪnˈsɪp i ən si /

Also incipience

noun

1. the state or condition of being incipient.

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Etymology

Origin of incipiency

First recorded in 1810–20; incipi(ent) + -ency

Example Sentences

Let us suppose this to be the incipiency of the paroxysm, or the early part of the cold stage.

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The "farmers' movement" is in its incipiency; it maybe said to be now only preparing for action, and it is yet too soon to look for united effort.

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I want to talk to you directly about our mission work, giving a historical sketch of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions from its incipiency to the present time.

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Yet Cheltenham was not without generous partizans, but, as is common in the incipiency of opinion, they were at that time among that class who had fewest means.

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Now the careful physician diagnoses tuberculosis much earlier, detects the disease in its incipiency, and is able to treat the patient at home quite successfully, if conditions are at all favorable.

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