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Word History and Origins
Origin of ascensive1
First recorded in 1640–50; ascens(ion) + -ive
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Example Sentences
The simple trial proved a complete success, due, as it appeared to them, to the ascensive power of a cloud of smoke.
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Does it heat so fast as to keep up the ascensive force without intermission, at twenty-five, or twenty, or ten miles the hour?
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His main reliance was on the latent heat supposed to be given out during condensation, for his ascensive storm power.
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What is the ascensive power of an area of atmosphere of 100°?
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