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Meaning of ASCENSIVE

Pronunciation:  u'sensiv

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
 
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 Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent, ascending(a)
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\As*cen"sive\, a. [See {Ascend}.]
1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. --Owen.
2. (Gram.) Augmentative; intensive. --Ellicott.
 
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