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incipient

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As an adjective, incipient means in an initial stage. As a noun, it means a verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Meanings of incipient

4 meanings

adjective

  1. In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

    “After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.”

    “Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.”

  2. Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

    “incipient civil disorder”

    “an incipient tumor”

    “a vague inchoate idea”

    Similar: inchoate

noun

  1. grammarA verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteA beginner.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
inchoate

Words that rhyme with incipient

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