incipiencyn.
/ɪnˈsɪpɪənsi/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsɪpiənsi/ The quality or state of being incipient; incipience.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun]
ordeOE
thresholdeOE
frumthc950
anginOE
frumeOE
worthOE
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oncome1865
kick-off1875
off-go1886
off1896
get-go1960
lift-off1967
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning > the earliest stage(s)
beginningc1200
calendsc1374
crepusculum1398
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primordium1577
primitives1602
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incipiency1858
incipience1864
1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt II. xxiii. 134 If that ugly monster..had not knocked us both down in the incipiency of our progression.
1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 583 In the incipiency of his business.
1857 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. (rev. ed.) 14 The infinite as being in a constant state of incipiency.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. i. 386 She oversaw his..first attempts at walking..incipiencies of speech.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 134 Dose..of quinia and morphia..given at the incipiency of the attack.
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