ascensiveadj.
/əˈsɛnsɪv/ 1. Characterized by upward movement or tendency; rising, advancing, progressive.
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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
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective]
progressional1570
progressivea1653
ascensive1806
get-on1853
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 227 Though the Sunne be then ascensive . View more context for this quotation
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 67 The ascensive benevolence which aspires to domineer.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xxiv. 480 In Man, the brain presents an ascensive step in development.
2. Grammar. Increasing the force, augmentative, intensive.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > intensifying
intensive1608
enhancive1853
ascensive1857
intensative1872
elative1906
1857 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Philippians iv. 12 Καί appears as ascensive, ‘even.’
1870 W. F. Moulton tr. Winer Gram. N.T. Greek iii. liii. 555 Sometimes its [καί's] ascensive force..is very easily recognised—see 1 Cor. vii. 21.
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