adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Rising or tending to rise.
2. 2
   Rising out of the sea.

   "A seahorse assurgent per pale or and azure, crined gules."

3. 3
   Curving upward.

Adjective

1. 1
   growing or extending upward wordnet
2. 2
   rising from the sea wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ascending

Example

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"A seahorse assurgent per pale or and azure, crined gules."

Etymology

From Latin assurgens, present participle of assurgo (“rise up”).

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