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▪ I. incipience|ɪnˈsɪpɪəns| [f. incipient: see -ence.] Beginning, commencement, origination; the fact or condition of being incipient or in an early stage; with pl., a beginning, a first step or stage.
1864Webster, Incipience, Incipiency, beginning; commencement. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xviii. x. (1872) VII. 270 The dim incipiences of dawn. 189819th Cent. XLIV. 995 The wealth of England does not explain the incipience of the college system. ▪ II. incipience obs. (erron.) f. insipience. |