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natant
[ neyt-nt ]
adjective
- swimming or floating.
- Botany. floating on water, as the leaf of an aquatic plant.
natant
/ ˈneɪtənt /
adjective
- (of aquatic plants) floating on the water
- rare.floating or swimming
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- natant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of natant1
C18: from Latin natāns, present participle of natāre to swim
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Example Sentences
Then again, beneath the nearer tumult, this natant, ill rhythm died down to a measured, sinister moan, echoing through the stone corridors in soughing jabs, like sounds marking the visitation of some maimed Hydra.
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The Latin sentence appears clearly to end with the word natant, as is not only the case in the St. John's MS., mentioned in MR.
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She stood rigid, listening with a natant, sickening consciousness that something terrible hung at her back.
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