Meaning of INCIPIENT
| Pronunciation: | | in'sipeeunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" |
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| | Synonyms: | | early, inchoate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, creative, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elemental, elementary, elfin, embryonic, fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incunabular, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, inventive, Lilliputian, meager, midget, nanoid, nascent, natal, original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, pygmy, rudimental, rudimentary, runty, scraggy, scrubby, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, squat, stunted, Tom Thumb, undersize, undersized, ur, wizened |
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