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起初;發端;初期

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Incipience \In*cip"i*ence\, Incipiency \In*cip"i*en*cy\, n. [L.
   incipientia.]
   Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

資料來源 : WordNet®

incipience
     n : beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the
         incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is
         designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" [syn:
         {incipiency}]