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adjective
1.
beginning to exist or develop: the nascent republic.
2.
Chemistry. (of an element) in the nascent state.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin nāscent- (stem of nāscēns), present participle of nāscī to be born, arise, equivalent to nā(tus) born (variant of gnātus) + -sc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent
1615–25; < Latin nāscent- (stem of nāscēns), present participle of nāscī to be born, arise, equivalent to nā(tus) born (variant of gnātus) + -sc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent
Related forms
nas·cence, nas·cen·cy, noun
un·nas·cent, adjective
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Nascent
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Example Sentences
- Current theories suggest that the nascent moon could not support the internal dynamo necessary to create a magnetic field.
- When the original article was published, crowdsourcing still constituted a nascent business model.
- It was cold and rainy, and there was only so much I was willing to sacrifice for a nascent crush.
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nascent
1624, from L. nascentum (nom. nascens), prp. of nasci "to be born" (Old L. gnasci; see genus).
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nascent nas·cent (nās'ənt, nā'sənt)
adj.
Coming into existence; emerging.
Of or relating to the state of a chemical element at the moment it is set free from one of its compounds.
nas'cen·cy n.
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