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ASCENTS
Noun
ascents
plural of ascent
Anagrams
• catness, cessant, secants, stances
Source: Wiktionary
ASCENT
As*cent". Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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