Definition of Incipience

1. Noun. Beginning to exist or to be apparent. "It is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"

Exact synonyms: Incipiency
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Commencement, First, Get-go, Kickoff, Offset, Outset, Showtime, Start, Starting Time
Derivative terms: Incipient, Incipient

Definition of Incipience

1. n. Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

Definition of Incipience

1. Noun. A beginning, or first stage ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incipience

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incipience

incidentaloma
incidentalome
incidentals
incidently
incidents
incienso
incinerable
incinerate
incinerated
incinerates
incinerating
incineration
incinerations
incinerator
incinerators
incipience (current term)
incipiences
incipiencies
incipiency
incipient
incipient caries
incipiently
incipients
incipit
incipits
incircle
incircled
incircles
incircling

Literary usage of Incipience

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ferric Oxide Hydrosol by Alexander Frieden (1922)
"A part of this hydrosol was removed from the large collodion bag and placed in a small bag in order that the incipience of precipitation might be observed ..."

2. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... should put on an outward garment of phonetic similarity, either by vowel incipience generally, or by the incipience of certain consonants in particular. ..."

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