incipiency
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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 Robert Henderson McKay
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 Michael Müller
Should it be permitted to come off unopposed in its incipiency, it would be all up with the men who had defended themselves so bravely thus far.
From The Land of Mystery by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The "farmers' movement" is in its incipiency; it maybe said to be now only preparing for action, and it is yet too soon to look for united effort.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
While certain cases, or even epidemics, of malarial fevers are attended by remarkable adynamia, often manifesting itself from the very incipiency of attacks, it differs widely from that utter nervous ataxia which characterizes typhoid fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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