Definition of "naissant" [‖Nais•sant]

• Jessant (adjective)

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• "J'appelle tout chrétien, et toute personne de bonne volonté, d'œuvrer pour le soutien du gouvernement naissant de Benghazi."
• "Now we consider recent actions by Alfred Webre, an International Lawyer, peace and environmental activist, prominent in the naissant field of Exopolitics, and Leuren Moret - a Geoscientist who has travelled the world to discuss and expose the dangers of radioactive contamination caused by the use of Depleted Uranium in modern artillery shells."
• "You saw it in the few things that still kept their grip on the past: on the wall an old, black painting of a knight in ruff and quilted doubtlet; a pounce-box and a hawking-glove on the chimney-piece, and above it an oval scutcheon, with a golden eagle _naissant_ from a _fesse vert_."