Incipient

  • 131incipience — (n.) 1864; see INCIPIENT (Cf. incipient) + ENCE (Cf. ence). Incipiency is from 1817 …

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  • 132incipit — opening word of a Latin book or manuscript, Latin, lit. (here) begins, third person singular present indicative of incipere (see INCIPIENT (Cf. incipient)) …

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