Definition of "incipience" [in•cip•i•ence]

• A beginning, or first stage (noun)

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• "The original score, all a-throb with scary incipience, was composed by David Wingo."
• "In contrast to part 1, which was a ponderous exercise in stage-setting and dramatic incipience, this film, directed by David Yates and adapted by Steve Kloves, is a climax worthy of the term."
• "Her teenage daughter, Mandy Ashley Rickards, is autistic, and that incipience can give way to utter chaos without warning."