incipiency
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of incipiency
First recorded in 1810–20; incipi(ent) + -ency
Vocabulary lists containing incipiency
Example Sentences
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Colored people since its incipiency have given $200,000.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington
Should it be permitted to come off unopposed in its incipiency, it would be all up with the men who had defended themselves so bravely thus far.
From The Land of Mystery by Edward Sylvester Ellis
In order to make the theory of water erosion tenable it is assumed that the Colorado river started in its incipiency like any other river.
From Arizona Sketches by J. A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk
Thus a permanent garrison was located which assured the submission of the neighboring countries and arrested in its incipiency every attempt at revolt.
From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Andrew Stephenson
Yet this conceit in its incipiency, he knew not how to account for.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
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