Definition of recent

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Recent (a.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells..

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Division :: Division (n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom..
Neoterical :: Neoterical (a.) Recent in origin; modern; new.
Prelude :: Prelude (v. t.) An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture..
Inchoate :: Inchoate (a.) Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete..
Precentor :: Precentor (n.) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.
Allude :: Allude (v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction..
Periwinkle :: Periwinkle (n.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina..
Precentorship :: Precentorship (n.) The office of a precentor.
Recentness :: Recentness (n.) Quality or state of being recent.
Old :: Old (superl.) Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship..
Recenter :: Recenter (v. t.) To center again; to restore to the center.
Green :: Green (superl.) Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound..
J :: "J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably..
Neophyte :: Neophyte (n.) A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism..
Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..
Yesterday :: Yesterday (n.) Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
Newborn :: Newborn (a.) Recently born.
Precent :: Precent (n.) A command in writing; a species of writ or process.
Lignite :: Lignite (n.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal..
Novelty :: Novelty (n.) The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.
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