ascensive

/əˈsɛnsɪv/

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adj

adj

"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."

See ascend.

more ascensive (comparative) most ascensive (superlative)

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How do you pronounce ascensive?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɛnsɪv/.

What does ascensive mean?

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

Where does ascensive come from?

See ascend.

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