incipiency (n)
incipience (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 28
def beginning to exist or to be apparent
examples he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
Outgoing links
Hypernym beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
Derivationally related form incipience → incipient
Derivationally related form incipiency → incipient
Incoming links
Derivationally related form incipient → incipiency
Derivationally related form incipient → incipience
Hyponym beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset

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