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Meaning of ASSURGENT

Pronunciation:  u'surjunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (botany) growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"
  2. [adj]  (heraldry) rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"
 
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 Synonyms: ascending(a)
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\As*sur"gent\, a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere;
ad + surgere to rise.]
Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. --Gray.
 
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