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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed;
- Example: "incipient civil disorder"
- Example: "an incipient tumor"
- Example: "a vague inchoate idea"
[syn: incipient, inchoate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incipient
    adj 1: only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient
           civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate
           idea" [syn: incipient, inchoate]