incipiency
Example Sentences
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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 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
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
Every phase of the malady as it formerly existed is depicted, as also the discoveries and incidents attending its detection and cure in its incipiency.
From Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Lumley, Benjamin
Not sinless was this society at its incipiency.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson