nascent
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nas·cent 
[nas-uhnt, ney-suhnt] Pronunciation Key
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[nas-uhnt, ney-suhnt] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | beginning to exist or develop: the nascent republic. |
| 2. | Chemistry. (of an element) in the nascent state. |
[Origin: 1615–25; < L nāscent- (s. of nāscéns), prp. of nāscī to be born, arise, equiv. to nā(tus) born (var. of gnātus) + -sc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent]
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nascence, nas·cen·cy, noun
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| nas·cent
(nās'ənt, nā'sənt) Pronunciation Key
adj. Coming into existence; emerging: "the moral shock of our nascent imperialism" (Richard Hofstadter). [Latin nāscēns, nāscent-, present participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] nas'cen·cy n. |
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| nascency | |
noun | |
| the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" [syn: birth] [ant: death] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Nascency
Nas"cen*cy\, n. [L. nascentia. See Nascent.] State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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