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nascent
[ adj ]
being born or beginning
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the nascent chicksa nascent insurgency




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; as, nascent
oxygen.

{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.