ascensive /əˈsɛnsɪv/ adjective2 •Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.Had I been guided in this ascensive survey of the dental system by the general perfection of the species , I must have ended with that of Man — 1840 •Augmentative; intensive.[…] 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. — 1887 formsmore ascensive · most ascensive