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 Recent \Re"cent\ (r[=e]"sent), a. [L. recens, -entis: cf. F.
   r['e]cent.]
   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.
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            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.
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   2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch;
      as, recent shells.
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