a. and sb. [ad. L. assurgent-em, pr. pple. of assurgĕre: see above.]
A. adj.
1. Rising, ascending; in Bot. rising obliquely.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, I. 12. By … which assurgent line, this present bone is … deuided.
1757. Pultney, in Phil. Trans., L. 66. The antheræ are thick and assurgent.
1848. Dana, Zooph., 195. Animals … with the sides expanded, explanate, and assurgent.
2. Seeking ascendancy, aggressive.
1881. Times, 29 April, 9/5. The disease may be described as Hypertrophy of the Presbyterian—element in the Church of England—a rich, powerful, highly-educated, and assurgent priesthood.
B. sb. He who or that which rises up.
1791. E. Darwin, Bot. Gard., I. 109. Emerging from infernal night, The bright Assurgent rises into light.
