incipience

 [in-sip-ee-uhn-see]  

in·cip·i·en·cy

   [in-sip-ee-uhn-see]
noun
the state or condition of being incipient.
Also, in·cip·i·ence.

Origin:
1810–20; incipi(ent) + -ency
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incipient (ɪnˈsɪpɪənt)
 
—adj
just starting to be or happen; beginning
 
[C17: from Latin incipiēns, from incipere to begin, take in hand, from in-² + capere to take]
 
in'cipience
 
—n
 
in'cipiency
 
—n
 
in'cipiently
 
—adv

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