Re"cent (rē"sent), a. [L. recens,
-entis: cf. F. récent.] 1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote
date, antiquated style, or the
like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news. The
ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile. Woodward. 2.
(Geol.) Of or
pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
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