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enascent

/ɪˈnæsənt/

enascent adjective: just coming into being; nascent.

Adjective

enascent (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Just coming into being; nascent.
    • in which, you just get the first glimpse, as it were, of an enascent equivocation.1744–1745, William Warburton, Remarks on Several Occasional Reflections.
    • With sweet vicissitudes of day and clime / Mark'd the new annals of enascent Time.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 61

Origin of enascent

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

Questions about enascent

What does enascent mean?
Enascent means just coming into being; nascent.
What part of speech is enascent?
Enascent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce enascent?
Enascent is pronounced /ɪˈnæsənt/.

Words near enascent in the dictionary

  1. enarthronote
  2. enarthronotes
  3. enarthroses
  4. enarthrosis
  5. ENAs
  6. enascent
  7. enate
  8. enates
  9. enatic
  10. enatiomeric
  11. enation

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