- 1. a. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ. Source: opted
- 2. a. Evolving; being evolved or produced. Source: opted
- 3. adj. being born or beginning Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. Evolving; being evolved or produced. Nascent state (Chem.), thesupposed instantaneous or momentary state of an uncombined atom orradical just separated from one compound acid, and not yet unitedwith another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly activechemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strongreducer. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 a. being born or beginning Source: ecdict
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