† ascentiveadj.
Obsolete.
= ascensive adj.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having upward direction
upwarda1616
ascentive1627
looking up1649
upturned1839
uppish1862
up1869
1627 O. Feltham Lusoria (1677) ix. 10 So shall we..by this love Grow still ascentive.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 193 The thorny and ascentive path of Vertue.
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adj.1627- to drive up the wall
- to drive with the weather
- to drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of
- to drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of someone
- to drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of something
- to drive, force, throw a person into the arms of
- to drive, force, throw a person into the arms of someone
- to drive, force, throw a person into the arms of something
- to drive, force, throw into the arms of
- to drive, force, throw into the arms of someone
- to drive, force, throw into the arms of something
- to drop a bollock
- to drop a brick
- to drop a clanger
- to drop a curtsy
- to drop a dime
- to drop a nod
- to drop a person like a hot brick
- to drop a person like a hot potato
- to drop a person's name
- to drop a thing like a hot brick
- to drop a thing like a hot potato
- to drop acid
- to drop anchor
- to drop astern