Nascent

a.	1.	Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ. Nascent passions and anxieties. - Berkley.
	2.	(Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent oxygen. 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.

Adj.

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nascent - coming into existence; "a nascent republic" Synonyms: emergent, emerging

abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, inventive, natal, original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental, rudimentary, ur