In the process of rising, ascending, or increasing in power, importance, or influence.
From Latin ascendere (to climb) with the suffix -escent (becoming, beginning to be). First used in English in the 18th century.
Scientists use '-escent' words (fluorescent, luminescent, adolescent) to describe things caught in the act of changing—ascescent literally means 'becoming higher.'
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