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Definitions of incipient
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Incipiency. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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Beginning to be or to appear. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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Belonging to the first stages; beginning. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Beginning. See Inception. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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Beginning; commencing. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
Usage examples for incipient
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I
accordingly,
in
some
fear
of
my
own
and
other
people's
fear,
represented
to
the
passengers
that
now,
in
a
coach
so
hot
and
crowded,
with
a
drawn
sword
on
the
coach-
box
piercing
the
very
lightning,
with
the
thunder-
cloud
hanging
over
us,
and
even
with
so
many
transpirations
from
incipient
fear;
in
short,
with
such
visible
danger
on
every
hand,
they
must
absolutely
fear
nothing,
if
they
would
not,
all
and
sundry,
be
smitten
to
death
in
a
few
minutes.
– The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
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But
associated
with
those
holding
such
doctrines
were
numerous
reformers,
whose
chief
offense
consisted
in
their
incipient
Protestantism.
– A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
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