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Grammar : Adj
Spell : nas-uh nt, ney-suh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnæs ənt, ˈneɪ sənt



Definition of nascent

Origin :
  • 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.
  • As in inchoate : adj undeveloped, beginning
  • As in incipient : adj developing
  • As in infant/infantile : adj very young
  • As in initial : adj beginning, primary
  • As in budding : adj developing, flowering
  • As in underdeveloped : adj not developed
  • As in inceptive : adj beginning
  • As in initiatory : adj beginning
Example sentences :
  • The mystery indeed in which her nascent love had wrapped him had dropped away.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Freneau succeeded admirably in voicing the opinions of the nascent party.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • All his nascent intellectual powers were alive and clamorous.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • And it is his own hand which has done most to break the nascent slowly-forming tie.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The impulses which it obeys are all new; and it obeys them with its own nascent plasticity of temper.
  • Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
  • As the thing is not a nascent passion for Bothwell, it may be an amour with Riccio.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Mary Stuart » by Andrew Lang
  • Our task now is to describe all we know about man at this date of nascent civilisation.
  • Extract from : « Primitive Man » by Louis Figuier
  • The requirements of the nascent ceremonial were not yet fulfilled.
  • Extract from : « Cathedral Cities of France » by Herbert Marshall
  • There was something in his tone which sounded like nascent rebellion.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 3(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
  • Who will cater to the military needs of this nascent democracy?
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

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