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adj. Moving, going, or growing upward: an ascending minor scale.

adj. Moving or progressing toward a higher level or degree: an ascending order of difficulty.

adj. Botany Growing or directing upward from a curved or slanted base, as certain plant stems.

v. Present participle of ascend.

adj. Rising; moving upward.

Proceeding from a lower position to a higher; rising; moving upward; figuratively, proceeding from the less to the greater; proceeding from a later to an earlier time; rising from grave to acute.

In botany, growing upward, as the stem of a plant, which is called the ascending axis.

n. the act of changing location in an upward direction

adj. moving or going or growing upward

"On the table a column of steam was ascending from the big mixing-pan."

ascendant    acclivitous    highflying    ascensive    upward    assurgent    up    uphill    rising    ascendent   

ascending latitude    ascending signs    ascending letter    ascending ovule    ascending vessels    ascending node    acute ascending paralysis    ascending rhythm   

rising    sloping   

ascend   

amending    apprehending    attending    befriending    bending    blending    commending    comprehending    condescending    contending