Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Nascent passions and anxieties.       --Berkley.

   2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced.

   {Nascent state} (Chem.), the supposed instantaneous or
      momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just
      separated from one compound acid, and not yet united with
      another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly
      active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent
      state is a strong reducer.

Source : WordNet®

nascent
     adj : coming into existence; "a nascent republic" [syn: {emergent},
            {emerging}]