incipiency
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Stanton as Attorney-General at the close of Buchanan's administration had done effective work in foiling the plans of the Confederacy, and he believed in forceful measures to put down the rebellion in its incipiency.
From The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President by Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline)
If diagnosed during its incipiency, remedial measures such as are usually employed to treat sprains, are indicated and later the parts should be blistered.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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
And now you are afraid that your wife is developing the same propensity, and you ask me to use my influence to cure her of it in its incipiency.
From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
His physical strength and the influence of his personality were quickly used to check in incipiency any evidence of approaching disorder.
From Sergeant York And His People by Cowan, Sam K. (Sam Kinkade)
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