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1. (adj.) incipient
beginning to exist or appear:
an incipient cold.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L incipient-, s. of incipiēns, prp. of incipere; see inception)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) incipient, inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
"incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"
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| Definition of 'incipient' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) incipient
beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day
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