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nascent

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nas·cent  (nsnt, nsnt)
adj.
Coming into existence; emerging: "the moral shock of our nascent imperialism" (Richard Hofstadter).
[Latin nscns, nscent-, present participle of nsc, to be born; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]
nascen·cy n.
nascent
Adjective
Formal starting to grow or develop [Latin nasci to be born]
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Adj.1.nascent - being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks"; "a nascent insurgency"
dying - in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"


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It is, of course, POSSIBLE that there may be, at certain stages in evolution, elements which are entirely new from the standpoint of analysis, though in their nascent form they have little influence on behaviour and no very marked correlatives in structure.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
The rooms wherein dozens of infants had wailed at their nursing now resounded with the tapping of nascent chicks.
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Had his nascent desire for Dede been less, he might well have been frightened out of all thought of her.
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