"Ascent" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Passage upwards; the trans-mission of an estate from the ancestor to tbe heir in the ascending line. See 4 Kent. Comm. 393, 397
The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward;
as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
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.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
The way or means by which one ascends.
Memories vanish when we want to remember, but fix themselves permanently in the mind when we want to forget.
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A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, …
Read the complete definitionAscent; height; elevation.
Read the complete definitionSpecifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.
Read the complete definitionThe act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
Read the complete definitionRelating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.
Read the complete definitionA festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of …
Read the complete definitionDivination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
Read the complete definitionUpward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Read the complete definitionThe act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.
Read the complete definitionInclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.
Read the complete definitionDeviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same …
Read the complete definitionFrom a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; …
Read the complete definitionTo reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.
Read the complete definitionThe rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as …
Read the complete definitionThe rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
Read the complete definitionProceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; …
Read the complete definitionA father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Read the complete definitionAn inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Read the complete definitionA frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which …
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