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Incipient

//ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence. not-comparable

    "After 500 years, incipient towns appeared."

Adjective
  1. 1
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A beginner. obsolete
  2. 2
    A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).

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