incipiency

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Those who supported the idea in its incipiency always urged the necessity of employing Negroes in the army.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various

What was afterwards known as the Lincoln County War was just then in its incipiency.

From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by McKay, Robert Henderson

Thus a permanent garrison was located which assured the submission of the neighboring countries and arrested in its incipiency every attempt at revolt.

From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Stephenson, Andrew

It is not surprising, neither is he blameworthy, if in the incipiency of joy for freedom bestowed he could not properly estimate the factors necessary to form an homogenous citizenship.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Washington, Booker T.

Treatment.—No effective method is as yet known which will control this condition during its incipiency.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor