Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nascent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nascent \Nas"cent\, a. [L. nascens, -entis, p. pr. nasci to be
born. See {Nation}, and cf. {Naissant}.]
1. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to
exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.
Nascent passions and anxieties. --Berkley.
2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced.
{Nascent state} (Chem.), the supposed instantaneous or
momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just
separated from one compound acid, and not yet united with
another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly
active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent
state is a strong reducer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nascent
adj : coming into existence; "a nascent republic" [syn: {emergent},
{emerging}]
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