ascensive adj 1: tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn: {ascendant}, {ascendent}, {ascensive}]
Ascensive \As*cen"sive\, a. [See {Ascend}.] 1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. --Owen. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) Augmentative; intensive. --Ellicott. [1913 Webster]