incipiency

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Colored people since its incipiency have given $200,000.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Washington, Booker T.

The chief trouble is the lack of water for putting out a fire in its incipiency.

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen

What was afterwards known as the Lincoln County War was just then in its incipiency.

From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by McKay, Robert Henderson

It is not surprising, neither is he blameworthy, if in the incipiency of joy for freedom bestowed he could not properly estimate the factors necessary to form an homogenous citizenship.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Washington, Booker T.

The American system of education, in its incipiency, and for a long while, was one founded on Bible-teaching and religious exercises.

From Public School Education by Müller, Michael