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ascensive

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈsɛnsɪv/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Augmentative; intensive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

tending or directed upward- John Ruskin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See ascend.