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Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.

Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor..

Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..

Ascendency :: Ascendency (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet..

Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts..

Ascendant :: Ascendant (a.) Alt. of Ascenden.

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

Descendant :: Descendant (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant..

Ascended :: Ascended (imp. & p. p.) of Ascen.

Ascending :: Ascending (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite..

Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

Rise :: Rise (v.) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone..

Reascension :: Reascension (n.) The act of reascending; a remounting.

Skyrocket :: Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.

Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..

Grade :: Grade (n.) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..

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