'Nascent' definitions:
Definition of 'nascent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks"; "a nascent insurgency" [ant: dying]
Definition of 'Nascent'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Nascent passions and anxieties. --Berkley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent oxygen. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nascent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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