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