in·cip·i·ent ( n-sp  - nt)adj. Beginning to exist or appear: detecting incipient tumors; an incipient personnel problem. [Latin incipi ns, incipient-, present participle of incipere, to begin; see inception.]in·cip i·en·cy, in·cipi·ence n.in·cip i·ent·ly adv. |
incipient
Adjective
Formal just starting to be or happen [Latin incipere to begin]
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| Adj. | 1. | incipient - only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" |
incipient
adjective beginning, starting, developing, originating, commencing, embryonic, nascent, inchoate, inceptive
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