Pronunciation: | | u'sensiv
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin |
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ASCENSIVE is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | ascendant, ascendent, ascending(a) |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| 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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