1. ascending - Noun
2. ascending - Adjective
3. ascending - Verb
of Ascend
Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground. Confucius
Let us labor for that larger comprehension of truth, and that more thorough repudiation of error, which shall make the history of mankind a series of ascending developments. Horace Mann
By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top. Saskya Pandita
Life seems to be an experience in ascending and descending. You think you're beginning to live for a single aim - for self-development, or the discovery of cosmic truths - when all you're really doing is to move from place to place as if devoted primarily to real estate. Margaret Caroline Anderson
Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
My first question [upon ascending to Heaven], believe it or not, will be, 'Did Adam and Eve have a belly button?' I don't know why, but that has bothered me for years. Kent Hovind