Ascensive
//əˈsɛnsɪv// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
"1840-1845, Richard Owen, Odontography Had I been guided in this ascensive survey of the dental system by the general perfection of the species , I must have ended with that of Man"
- 2 Augmentative; intensive.
"[…] it seems, however, highly probable that this is due rather to non-observance of the true ascensive force of the particle than to any real absence in the original MSS."
Adjective
- 1 tending or directed upward wordnet
Example
More examples"1840-1845, Richard Owen, Odontography Had I been guided in this ascensive survey of the dental system by the general perfection of the species , I must have ended with that of Man"
Etymology
See ascend.
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