Definition of ascent

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Ascent () The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth..

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Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells..
Periblem :: Periblem (n.) Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark..
Renascent :: Renascent (a.) See Renaissant.
Acclivity :: Acclivity (n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent..
Reascent :: Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Renascency :: Renascency (n.) State of being renascent.
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.
Depascent :: Depascent (a.) Feeding.
Dermatogen :: Dermatogen (n.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition..
Ascent :: Ascent () An eminence, hill, or high place..
Uprising :: Uprising (n.) Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent..
Connascent :: Connascent (a.) Born together; produced at the same time.
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road..
Enascent :: Enascent (a.) Coming into being; nascent.
Barometer :: Barometer (n.) An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent..
Still :: Still (n.) A steep hill or ascent.
Steep-down :: Steep (n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice..
Declivity :: Declivity (n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity..
Gradual :: Gradual (n.) Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline..
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