ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ascensive

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /əˈsɛnsɪv/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Ascensive is an adjective meaning Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

Meaning

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

More Meanings

  1. (grammar) Augmentative; intensive.

Example Sentences

[…] 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.
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

Synonyms for ascensive

Depending on context, synonyms include ascendent, ascendant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ascendant, ascending, ascendent, rising, surgent, soaring.

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