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The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.

Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the li…

The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of mingling.

In a condescending manner. Atterbury.

As having dependence. Hale.

Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. Descending constellations or signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. -- Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. -- Descending series (Math.), a series in which eac…

In a descending manner.

Friendliness. [Obs.] Shak.

Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. An impending brow. Hawthorne. And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope.

The act of one who lends.

Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.

As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously. Collier.

Depending on one's self.

The act of expending; expenditure. Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]

Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things. Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope.

Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

An omen; a portending. [Obs.]