incipiency

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I rejoice, dear sir, that I have some connection with this honorable movement in its incipiency.

From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Wilson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas)

In order to make the theory of water erosion tenable it is assumed that the Colorado river started in its incipiency like any other river.

From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)

There must be an organized force of trained and vigilant men, ample in numbers during the dry season to reach all fires in their incipiency.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress

While certain cases, or even epidemics, of malarial fevers are attended by remarkable adynamia, often manifesting itself from the very incipiency of attacks, it differs widely from that utter nervous ataxia which characterizes typhoid fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 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