Nascent: alternatives and connections

A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.

The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…

To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspe…

To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain pre…

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.

The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root an…

A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance int…

The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…

The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire.

The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or…

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.