Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The tendency or disposition to rise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Act of rising.

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  • noun A tendency to rise.

Etymologies

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assurgent +‎ -cy

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Examples

  • - Law, contract (not under seal); suit for breach of such contract. adj. - ascending; Botany, upward-curving. assurgency, n.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • "After the most advanced and modern nations deteriorated so far so as to do the most monstrous thing of all, a clear trend indicating the assurgency of religion and the decline of academia can be seen.

    RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds 2010

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