assurgent

• Adjectif littéraire ou technique (notamment en héraldique) signifiant qui monte, qui s'élève ou qui tend à se dresser, souvent appliqué à une figure ou à une forme ascendante.

An obsolete adjective meaning rising or tending to rise, often used in heraldry or poetic contexts.

1. Rising from the seaC2formal

   Emerging or ascending from the water, often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.

   Émergeant de la mer

   • The assurgent cliffs loomed over the crashing waves.
   • An assurgent island appeared on the horizon.
   • The assurgent form of the whale broke the surface.

   Synonymesascendingemergentemergingrisingsurfacing

   Antonymesdescendingsinkingsubsiding

2. Growing or extending upwardC2formal

   Having a tendency to rise or grow in an upward direction, especially in botany.

   ascendant

   • The assurgent stems of the plant reached toward the sunlight.
   • Botanists noted the assurgent habit of the new species.
   • The assurgent branches formed a natural canopy.

   Synonymesascendingrisingupward

   Antonymesdescendingdownwardpendentprocumbentprostratereflexed