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Webster 1913 Edition


Ascensive

As-cen′sive

,
Adj.
[See
Ascend
.]
1.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
Owen.
2.
(Gram.)
Augmentative; intensive.
Ellicott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ascensive

ASCEN'SIVE

,
Adj.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

Definition 2024


ascensive

ascensive

English

Adjective

ascensive (comparative more ascensive, superlative most ascensive)

  1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Owen to this entry?)
  2. (grammar) Augmentative; intensive.
    • Charles John Ellicott
      [] it seems, however, highly probable that this is due rather to non-observance of the true ascensive force of the particle than to any real absence in the original MSS.

Italian

Adjective

ascensive f

  1. feminine plural of ascensivo