ascendingn.

/əˈsɛndɪŋ/

Etymology: < ascend v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of ascend v.; ascent, ascension. attributive in ascending latitude: the latitude of a planet when ascending or going northward. ascending node: the point in a planet's orbit where it crosses the ecliptic in ascending.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun]

upgang971

styingc1200

astyingc1220

upstyinga1300

upcomingc1330

risinga1398

upraisingc1400

mounting1440

toweringc1440

lift1470

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ascending1482

mount1486

upwith?1507

surrection1509

upgoing1555

rise1573

arise1590

ascension1598

uprest1602

transcendencea1616

ascent1616

mounture1631

resultancea1634

uprise1690

anabasis1706

upshift1839

1482 Monk of Evesham 108 Ther was no taryng yn her ascendyng.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. viii. §5. 294 The highest ascending of our contemplation.

1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 38 Touch Me not till mine ascending.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

ascendingadj.

Etymology: Formed as ascendible adj. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈscending.

a. Rising, mounting up.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards

uprisinga1300

risingc1450

ascensial?1504

mountant1525

mounting1550

orienta1560

ascendant1591

surgenta1592

stying1593

ambitiousc1595

arising1605

ascensive1646

subliming1666

ascending1667

ascensional1753

upmounting1794

rearing1816

upcoming1835

aspirant1845

insurrectionary1864

upgoing1896

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 722 Th' ascending pile Stood fixt her stately highth.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 436 Dark o'er the Fields th' ascending Vapour flies.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 41 The uppermost portion of the ascending current.

b. spec. in Typography.

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1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 6 The Top-line is the line that bounds the top of the Ascending Letters.

1867 T. MacKellar Amer. Printer (ed. 3) 48 Ascenders, all the capital letters, and the b, d, f, h, i, j, k, l, t, so called because they ascend to the top of the body of the types. A colloquial phrase for Ascending Letters.

2. Sloping upwards; acclivitous.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [adjective] > upward

ascending1600

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. iv. 6 Want of water in high and ascending places.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 93 Bak'd in the Sun-shine of ascending Fields.

1881 Daily News 31 Aug. 2/2 A handsome building..backed by ascending woods.

3. Directed upwards: applied spec. in Physiology to structures that pass, or serve as a passage, from a lower to a higher part of the body; in Botany.

a. To a procumbent stem which gradually curves to an erect position.

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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific

rightOE

lefta1200

lowera1400

furtherc1400

lateral?a1425

sinistera1500

upper1528

anterior?1541

inferior1563

superior1566

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prone1646

peripherial1653

internal1657

supine1661

peripherical1690

gawk1703

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adducent1722

submental1722

adductory1752

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syntropic18..

atlantal1803

mesiad1803

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sternal1803

distal1808

peripheral1808

peripheric1818

ventripetal1819

submedial1825

anteriormostc1826

subvertebral1827

afferent1828

sinistral1828

rostral1834

interganglionic1835

submedian1836

mesian1837

haemal1839

supravaginal1844

neural1846

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paraxial1861

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hypaxial1873

postaxial1873

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ipsilateral1907

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ventromedial1908

homolateral1910

suprasellar1912

supratemporal1975

the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > procumbent or growing upwards

procumbent1668

ascending1854

1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body iv. vii. 154 The Blood..brought to the Heart by the ascending Cava.

1854 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. 47 The stem is the ascending portion of the axis.

1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 365/2 The ascending colon lies on the right kidney.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 3 An ascending stem..on first emerging from the root, is horizontal, and then becomes erect.

b. To ovules attached a little above the base of the ovary, and pointing obliquely upwards.

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1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 113 Dryas..ovule 1, ascending.

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c. figurative. To development of higher forms from lower, as of petals from sepals, carpels from stamens, etc.

4. In various transferred or figurative uses; cf. ascend v. 7, 8.

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1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. I. iv. 274 An increasing series of numbers..is commonly termed an ascending series.

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xiii. 72 The diminished fifth..should be prepared by a sixth, with an ascending bass.

5. Going backwards in order of genealogical succession; of or pertaining to ancestors.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adjective] > ascending

ascendanta1575

ascending1703

1703 J. Quick Serious Inq. 12 In the Right Line ascending and descending, there are as many Degrees as there be Generations and Persons.

a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 561 The ascending collateral branch was much regarded amongst the ancient Germans.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. xi. 311 The eldest male of the eldest ascending line, the father, grandfather.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ascending
释义	ascendingn. /əˈsɛndɪŋ/ Etymology: < ascend v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of ascend v.; ascent, ascension. attributive in ascending latitude: the latitude of a planet when ascending or going northward. ascending node: the point in a planet's orbit where it crosses the ecliptic in ascending. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] upgang971 styingc1200 astyingc1220 upstyinga1300 upcomingc1330 risinga1398 upraisingc1400 mounting1440 toweringc1440 lift1470 ascence1481 ascending1482 mount1486 upwith?1507 surrection1509 upgoing1555 rise1573 arise1590 ascension1598 uprest1602 transcendencea1616 ascent1616 mounture1631 resultancea1634 uprise1690 anabasis1706 upshift1839 1482 Monk of Evesham 108 Ther was no taryng yn her ascendyng. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. viii. §5. 294 The highest ascending of our contemplation. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 38 Touch Me not till mine ascending. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019). ascendingadj. Etymology: Formed as ascendible adj. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈscending. 1. a. Rising, mounting up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards uprisinga1300 risingc1450 ascensial?1504 mountant1525 mounting1550 orienta1560 ascendant1591 surgenta1592 stying1593 ambitiousc1595 arising1605 ascensive1646 subliming1666 ascending1667 ascensional1753 upmounting1794 rearing1816 upcoming1835 aspirant1845 insurrectionary1864 upgoing1896 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 722 Th' ascending pile Stood fixt her stately highth. View more context for this quotation 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 436 Dark o'er the Fields th' ascending Vapour flies. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 41 The uppermost portion of the ascending current. b. spec. in Typography. ΚΠ 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 6 The Top-line is the line that bounds the top of the Ascending Letters. 1867 T. MacKellar Amer. Printer (ed. 3) 48 Ascenders, all the capital letters, and the b, d, f, h, i, j, k, l, t, so called because they ascend to the top of the body of the types. A colloquial phrase for Ascending Letters. 2. Sloping upwards; acclivitous. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [adjective] > upward ascending1600 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. iv. 6 Want of water in high and ascending places. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 93 Bak'd in the Sun-shine of ascending Fields. View more context for this quotation 1881 Daily News 31 Aug. 2/2 A handsome building..backed by ascending woods. 3. Directed upwards: applied spec. in Physiology to structures that pass, or serve as a passage, from a lower to a higher part of the body; in Botany. a. To a procumbent stem which gradually curves to an erect position. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific rightOE lefta1200 lowera1400 furtherc1400 lateral?a1425 sinistera1500 upper1528 anterior?1541 inferior1563 superior1566 oblique1578 high1588 ascendant1611 prone1646 peripherial1653 internal1657 supine1661 peripherical1690 gawk1703 ascending1713 adducent1722 submental1722 adductory1752 subdorsal1783 syntropic18.. atlantal1803 mesiad1803 mesial1803 proximal1803 sternal1803 distal1808 peripheral1808 peripheric1818 ventripetal1819 submedial1825 anteriormostc1826 subvertebral1827 afferent1828 sinistral1828 rostral1834 interganglionic1835 submedian1836 mesian1837 haemal1839 supravaginal1844 neural1846 symmetrical1851 suprameatal1853 paraxial1861 posterial1866 hypaxial1873 postaxial1873 preaxial1873 transmedial1876 transmedian1876 mediad1878 horizontal1881 mesal1881 prosomatic1882 dextrad1883 paramedian1890 prorsal1890 ventro-dorsal1895 midsagittal1898 ventro-axial1902 ventro-posterior1903 ipsilateral1907 parasagittal1907 ventromedial1908 homolateral1910 suprasellar1912 supratemporal1975 the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > procumbent or growing upwards procumbent1668 ascending1854 1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body iv. vii. 154 The Blood..brought to the Heart by the ascending Cava. 1854 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. 47 The stem is the ascending portion of the axis. 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 365/2 The ascending colon lies on the right kidney. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 3 An ascending stem..on first emerging from the root, is horizontal, and then becomes erect. b. To ovules attached a little above the base of the ovary, and pointing obliquely upwards. ΚΠ 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 113 Dryas..ovule 1, ascending. Categories » c. figurative. To development of higher forms from lower, as of petals from sepals, carpels from stamens, etc. 4. In various transferred or figurative uses; cf. ascend v. 7, 8. ΚΠ 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. I. iv. 274 An increasing series of numbers..is commonly termed an ascending series. 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xiii. 72 The diminished fifth..should be prepared by a sixth, with an ascending bass. 5. Going backwards in order of genealogical succession; of or pertaining to ancestors. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adjective] > ascending ascendanta1575 ascending1703 1703 J. Quick Serious Inq. 12 In the Right Line ascending and descending, there are as many Degrees as there be Generations and Persons. a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 561 The ascending collateral branch was much regarded amongst the ancient Germans. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. xi. 311 The eldest male of the eldest ascending line, the father, grandfather. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1482adj.1600
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