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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Incipient

/ĭnˌ-sĭp'-ē-ənt/ · In·cip·i·ent · IPA /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/
01 a. Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.
  1. 1.
    Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.