English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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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.
Ascent
The way or means by which one ascends.
Ascent
An eminence, hill, or high place.
Ascent
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.