Ascensive

//əˈsɛnsɪv//

"Ascensive" in a Sentence (2 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

[…] 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.

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