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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nascent
    adj 1: being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks"; "a nascent
           insurgency" [ant: dying]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nascent \Nas"cent\ (n[a^]s"sent; n[=a]"sent), 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.
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            Nascent passions and anxieties.       --Berkley.
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   2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent
      oxygen.
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   Nascent state (Chem.), the fleeting or momentary state of
      an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one
      compound, and not yet united with another, -- a
      hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical
      properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong
      reducer.
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Thesaurus Results for Nascent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, inventive, natal, original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental, rudimentary, ur
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