incipiency
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of incipiency
First recorded in 1810–20; incipi(ent) + -ency
Vocabulary lists containing incipiency
Example Sentences
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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.
From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.
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.
From The Story of a Life by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)
Let us suppose this to be the incipiency of the paroxysm, or the early part of the cold stage.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
To evolve the silk glands would have required, as for most other organs, a long period of incipiency, during which they would have been useless.
From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Graebner, Theodore
Not sinless was this society at its incipiency.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
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