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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASCENT', n. [L. ascensus.]
1. The act of rising; motion upwards, whether in air, water or other fluid, or on elevated objects; rise; a mounting upwards; as the ascent of vapors from the earth.
2. The way by which one ascends; the means of ascending.
3. An eminence, hill or high place.
4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.
5. Acclivity; the rise of a hill; as a steep ascent.

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]
2: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall]
3: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise, ascent, ascension, ascending]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: irregular from ascend Date: circa 1596 1. a. the act of rising or mounting upward ; climb b. an upward slope or rising grade ; acclivity c. the degree of elevation ; inclination, gradient 2. an advance in social status or reputation ; progress 3. a going back in time or upward in order of genealogical succession

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of ascending. 2 a an upward movement or rise. b advancement or progress (the ascent of man). 3 a way by which one may ascend; an upward slope. Etymology: ASCEND, after descent

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ascent As*cent" [Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent.] 1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. To him with swift ascent he up returned. --Milton. 2. The way or means by which one ascends. 3. An eminence, hill, or high place. --Addison. 4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ascents) 1. An ascent is an upward journey, especially when you are walking or climbing. In 1955 he led the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain. ? descent N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. An ascent is an upward slope or path, especially when you are walking or climbing. It was a tough course over a gradual ascent before the big climb of Bluebell Hill. ? descent N-COUNT 3. An ascent is an upward, vertical movement. Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent. ? descent N-COUNT: usu sing, oft poss N 4. The ascent of a person to a more important or successful position is the process of reaching this position. (WRITTEN) = rise N-SING: usu with supp 5. In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascent to heaven. N-SING: N prep

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-sent':

(1) The rendering in the King James Version twice, the Revised Version (British and American) 14 times correctly, of Hebrew ma`aleh, "ascent," "pass," as a geographical term (the King James Version Nu 34:4; 2Sa 15:30; the Revised Version (British and American) Jos 10:10; Jud 8:13, etc.).

(2) The rendering in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) of `olah in 1Ki 10:5, "his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Yahweh"; but `olah everywhere else means "burnt-offering," and all ancient versions support the Revised Version, margin, "his burnt-offering which he offered" (caused to go up), etc.

(3) In 2Ch 9:4 (parallel 1Ki 10:5) a very slight textual correction (supported by Septuagint) gives us the same words as in 1Ki instead of the difficult `aliyah, "upper chamber," not "ascent" as the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render it against all usage elsewhere.

(4) In the Revised Version (British and American) Eze 40:31,34,37; Ne 12:37, of a flight of steps, stairs.

(5) In the Revised Version (British and American) (Hebrew `aliyah), Ne 3:31,32, margin "upper chamber" is to be preferred to text "ascent."

F. K. Farr

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Rising, rise, ascension, ascending, mounting, moving upward. 2. Ascending, climbing, scaling, voyage up. 3. Acclivity, rising ground, ascending path, upward slope. 4. Elevation, height, eminence.

Moby Thesaurus

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