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nascent Definition


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nascent
adj
    1. In the process of coming into being; in the early stages of development.
      Thesaurus: budding, evolving, growing, incipient, rising, young, advancing, developing, embryonic; Antonym: dying.
Derivative: nascency
    Being brought into being.
    Birth.
    formerly
    The abnormally active condition of an element, especially hydrogen.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin nascens, nascentis, from nasci to be born.



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