"nascency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈneɪsənsi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: nascencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nascency (countable and uncountable, plural nascencies)
  1. A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nascency-en-noun-Wdq~Otkd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1889, William James, James Ward, “The Psychological Theory of Extension”, in Mind, volume 14, number 53, page 108:",
          "text": "[W]e are, therefore, sure in advance, of being right, if we say of any perception that first it didn't exist, and that then there was a mere suggestion and nascency of it, which grew more definite, until, at last, the thing itself was fully established.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence."
      ],
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          "nascence"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈneɪsənsi/",
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    }
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  "word": "nascency"
}
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