enascent
English
Etymology
From Latin ēnāscēns, present participle of ēnāscor (“spring up”), from ē- (“out”) + nāscor (“be born”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈnæsənt/
Adjective
enascent (not comparable)
- (rare) Just coming into being; nascent.
- 1744–1745, William Warburton, Remarks on Several Occasional Reflections.
- in which, you just get the first glimpse, as it were, of an enascent equivocation.
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 61:
- With sweet vicissitudes of day and clime / Mark'd the new annals of enascent Time.
- 1744–1745, William Warburton, Remarks on Several Occasional Reflections.
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