incipient stage
1Incipient — In*cip i*ent, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See {Inception}.] Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. {In*cip i*ent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
2incipient — in·cip·i·ent ənt adj beginning to come into being or to become apparent <the incipient stage of a fever> in·cip·i·ent·ly adv * * * in·cip·i·ent (in sipґe ənt) beginning to exist; coming into existence …
3incipient — [in sip′ē ənt] adj. [L incipiens, prp. of incipere, to begin, lit., take up < in , in, on + capere, to take: see HAVE] in the first stage of existence; just beginning to exist or to come to notice [an incipient illness] incipience n.… …
4incipient — incipiently, adv. /in sip ee euhnt/, adj. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold. [1580 90; < L incipient (s. of incipiens, prp. of incipere to take in hand, begin), equiv. to in IN 2 + cipi (comb. form of capi take) …
5incipient — adj. 1 beginning. 2 in an initial stage. Derivatives: incipience n. incipiency n. incipiently adv. Etymology: L incipere incipient (as INCEPT) …
6incipient — /ɪnˈsɪpiənt / (say in sipeeuhnt) adjective beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage. {Latin incipiens, present participle} –incipience, incipiency, noun –incipiently, adverb …
7incipient — a. beginning; in initial stage. ♦ incipience, ♦ incipiency, n …
8Incipiently — Incipient In*cip i*ent, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See {Inception}.] Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. {In*cip i*ent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
9japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
10Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
