incipiency
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The law provided penalty for the deed; the gospel rebuked the evil passion in its incipiency.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward
If diagnosed during its incipiency, remedial measures such as are usually employed to treat sprains, are indicated and later the parts should be blistered.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
I rejoice, dear sir, that I have some connection with this honorable movement in its incipiency.
From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Wilson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas)
He might have put an end to the enterprise in its very incipiency, but he did not.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various
And now you are afraid that your wife is developing the same propensity, and you ask me to use my influence to cure her of it in its incipiency.
From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
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