Category:Recent

Re"cent, a. Etym: [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.)

Defn: of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent Shells.