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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCLIV'ITY, n. [L. acclivus, acclivis, ascending, from ad and clivus, an ascent.
A slope or inclination of the earth as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or a side descending. Rising ground; ascent; the talus of a rampart.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Latin acclivitas, from acclivis ascending, from ad- + clivus slope — more at declivity Date: 1614 an ascending slope (as of a hill)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) an upward slope. Derivatives: acclivitous adj. Etymology: L acclivitas f. acclivis (as AC-, clivis f. clivus slope)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Acclivity Ac*cliv"i*ty, n.; pl. Acclivities. [L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean.] 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Ascent, upward slope, rising ground, steep, hill, height, up-hillway.