Definition of "nascence" [nascence]

• A coming into being; birth. See Synonyms at beginning. (noun)

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• "Little did they know in 1964, that the personal computer, still in its nascence, was about to make it even smaller."
• "The status of slaves, the political and social requirements of nobility, the draw of the Coliseum, and the cloaked nascence of Christianity are woven into the story seamlessly through the narration of Cecilia."
• "In my pathetic nascence as a comedian, I allowed the audience to become the authority figure."