nascent by Michael Birch

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2008 Sep 17

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adjective, starting to grow or develop; being born

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trin0580 said

Sep 26 2008, 05:01 PM

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1) adjective, starting to grow or develop; being born
2) adjective, chem (of an element or simple compound, esp hydrogen) created within the reaction medium in the atomic form and having a high activity

C17: from Latin nascēns present participle of nāscī to be born