A0479700 (ə-sûr′jənt)adj.1. Rising or tending to rise.2. Botany Slanting or curving upward; ascending.[Latin assurgēns, assurgent-, present participle of assurgere, to rise up to : ad-, ad- + surgere, to rise; see surge.]as·sur′gen·cy n.ThesaurusSeeassurgent