ASCENSIVE

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

(adjective) tending or directed upward; “rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage”- John Ruskin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ascensive (comparative more ascensive, superlative most ascensive)

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

(grammar) Augmentative; intensive.

Source: Wiktionary


As*cen"sive, a. Etym: [See Ascend.]

1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. Owen.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: Augmentative; intensive. Ellicott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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