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enascent

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɪˈnæsənt/

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adj

Meaning 1

Just coming into being; nascent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

Examples

  • 1744–1745, William Warburton, Remarks on Several Occasional Reflections. in which, you just get the first glimpse, as it were, of an enascent equivocation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From e- (“out”) + Latin nāscor (“be born”) + -ent, from Latin ēnāscēns, present participle of ēnāscor (“spring up”), from ēx- (“out”) + nāscor (“be born”).