assurgent

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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assurgent (comparative more assurgent, superlative most assurgent)

  1. Rising or tending to rise.
  2. (heraldry) Rising out of the sea.
    • 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:
      A seahorse assurgent per pale or and azure, crined gules.
  3. (botany) Curving upward.

Derived terms

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References

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  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

Latin

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Verb

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assurgent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of assurgō