nascent

Definition

Emerging; just coming into existence.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“I am born”). Doublet of naissant.

Example Sentences

• "In the firſt, the Pope was but Antichriſt naſcent ; In the ſecond, Antichriſt creſcent ; In the third, Antichriſt regnant ; but in this fourth, he is made Lord of the Catholike faith, and Antichriſt triumphant[…]"
• "Locke has another plaque at Crediton station, on the line from Exeter to Barnstaple. It tells us that his "great number of unsurpassed works include the building of the nascent London & South Western Railway"."
• "For, as we have ſhewn, the original Uſe of it was to ſupport naſcent Hero-Worſhip."

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