Meanings
adjectiveassurgent (comparative more assurgent, superlative most assurgent)
comparative more assurgent · superlative most assurgent
- Rising or tending to rise.
- governmentRising out of the sea.
A seahorse assurgent per pale or and azure, crined gules.
1869, Robert Cooke, The Visitation of London in the Year 1568: Taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, and Since Augmented Both with Descents and Arms, page 51 - biologyCurving upward.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverising from the sea
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adjectivegrowing or extending upward
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Origin
- Latinassurgens
- Englishassurgent
From Latin assurgens, present participle of assurgo (“rise up”).
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Rhymes with assurgent
urgentemergentdetergentdivergentconvergentinsurgentresurgentabstergentneurodivergentsubmergentsurgentturgentvergent
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assurgent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assurgent
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“assurgent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assurgent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assurgent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assurgent.
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