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.