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Title Assurgent
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
as·sur·gent
 \\ə-ˈsər-jənt\\ adjective
 ETYMOLOGY  Latin assurgent-, assurgens, present participle of assurgere to rise, from ad- + surgere to rise — more at 
surge
 DATE  1578
: moving upward : 
rising
; especially : 
ascendant
 1b
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
as·sur·gent
\-jənt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin assurgent-, assurgens, adsurgent-, adsurgens, pres participle of assurgere, adsurgere to rise, from ad- + surgere to rise — more at 
surge

: 
ascending
, 
rising
: as
 a. heraldry : rising from the sea
  < a sea horse assurgent >
 b. : 
ascendant
 1b

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