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nascence

nas·cence

US/ˈneɪ.səns/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

the event of being born

  • “they celebrated the birth of their first child”
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Adapted borrowing of Latin nāscentia + -ence, from nāscentem (“arising young, immature”), present participle of nāscī (“to be born”) (Old Latin gnāscī; see genus). Doublet of nascency.

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