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)

  1. (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.

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