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
Yet this conceit in its incipiency, he knew not how to account for.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
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
Let us suppose this to be the incipiency of the paroxysm, or the early part of the cold stage.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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