Ascensive

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ascensive \As*cen"sive\, a. [See {Ascend}.]
     1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. --Owen.
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     2. (Gram.) Augmentative; intensive. --Ellicott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ascensive
       adj : tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength
             like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn: {ascendant}, {ascendent}]