Found 2 items, similar to nascent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: nascent nascent adj : coming into existence; “a nascent republic” [syn: emergent, emerging]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Nascent Nascent \Nas"cent\, 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] 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]