Definition of ascent

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Ascent () The way or means by which one ascends.

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Assumption :: Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Reascent :: Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.
Still :: Still (n.) A steep hill or ascent.
Subnect :: Subnascent (a.) Growing underneath.
Periblem :: Periblem (n.) Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark..
Renascent :: Renascent (a.) See Renaissant.
Steep :: Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient..
Nascent :: Nascent (a.) Evolving; being evolved or produced.
Ascent :: Ascent () An eminence, hill, or high place..
Ascent :: Ascent () The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells..
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..
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..
Ascensional :: Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon..
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..
Grade :: Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264..
Connascent :: Connascent (a.) Born together; produced at the same time.
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