Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incipient"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incipient \In*cip"i*ent\, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere
to begin. See {Inception}.]
Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as,
the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. --
{In*cip"i*ent*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incipient
adj : only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient
civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague
inchoate idea" [syn: {inchoate}]
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