Etymology

naissant

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Today it means: Having only its forepart shown, especially if because it is issuing from an ordinary or division of the field. (Compare issuant.) Full definition →

Middle French naissant
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  1. Middle French · borrowed fromnaissant
  2. English todaynaissant

From Middle French naissant (literally “being born”). Doublet of nascent.

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