nascent

[nas-uh nt, ney-suh nt]

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adjective

beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.

Chemistry. (of an element) in the nascent state.

Origin of nascent

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 formsnas·cence, nas·cen·cy, nounun·nas·cent, adjective

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Related Words for nascency

origin, commencement, nascence, dawning, opening, spring, rise, outset, genesis, onset, start, source, inception, dawn, beginning, emergence, fountainhead

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Historical Examples of nascency

For one truth-process completed there are a million in our lives that function in this state of nascency.
Pragmatism
William James

British Dictionary definitions for nascency

nascent

adjective

starting to grow or develop; being born

chem (of an element or simple compound, esp hydrogen) created within the reaction medium in the atomic form and having a high activity

Derived Formsnascence or nascency, noun

Word Origin for nascent

C17: from Latin nascēns present participle of nāscī to be born

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Word Origin and History for nascency

nascent

adj.

1620s, from Latin nascentem (nominative nascens) "arising young, immature," present participle of nasci "to be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Related: Nascence (1560s); nascency.

nascency in Medicine

nascent

[năs′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.

Related formsnas′cen•cy n.