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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incipient /ɪnˈsɪpɪənt/

▶adjective beginning to happen or develop.

– derivatives
incipience noun,
incipiency noun,
incipiently adverb.

– origin C16 (as n. denoting a beginner): from L. incipient-, incipere, ‘undertake, begin’.

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