English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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The way or means by which one ascends.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
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.
Ascertain
(v. t.)
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel
certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
Ascertain
(v. t.)
To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial,
examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight
of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
Ascertain
(v. t.)
To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from
obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
Ascertainable
(a.)
That may be ascertained.
Ascertained
(imp. & p. p.)
of Ascertain
Ascertainer
(n.)
One who ascertains.
Ascertaining
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ascertain
Ascertainment
(n.)
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a
finding out by investigation; discovery.
Ascessancy
(a.)
Alt. of Ascessant
Ascessant
(a.)
See Acescency, Acescent.
Ascetic
(a.)
Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere;
severe.
Ascetic
(n.)
In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary
and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial,
and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices
extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.
Asceticism
(n.)
The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
Ascham
(n.)
A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other
implements of archery.
Asci
(n. pl.)
See Ascus.
Ascian
(n.)
One of the Ascii.
Ascians
(n. pl.)
Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no
shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who
have, twice a year, a vertical sun.