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Webster 1913 Edition

Assurgent

As-sur′gent

,
Adj.
[L.
assurgens
, p. pr. of
assurgere
;
ad
+
surgere
to rise.]
Ascending
;
(Bot.)
rising obliquely; curving upward.
Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Assurgent

ASSUR'GENT

,
Adj.
[l. assurgens, assurgo.]
Rising upwards in an arch; as an assurgent stem, in botany.

Definition 2024

assurgent

assurgent

English

Noun

assurgent ‎(plural assurgents)

  1. (heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea.

Adjective

assurgent ‎(comparative more assurgent, superlative most assurgent)

  1. Rising or tending to rise.
  2. (botany) Curving upward.

Derived terms

References

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

Latin

Verb

assurgent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of assurgō

Etymology

From Latin assurgens, present participle of assurgo ‎(“rise up”).

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