ASCENT
\ɐsˈɛnt], \ɐsˈɛnt], \ɐ_s_ˈɛ_n_t]\
Definitions of ASCENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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An eminence, hill, or high place.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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An eminence, hill, or high place.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of ascending; upward motion; the way of ascending an eminence; degree of elevation.
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The act of admitting, agreeing to, or approving; acquiescence; agreement; approval. Royal assent, the assent of the sovereign to Bills passed by Parliament.
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To admit as true; to agree to; to concur.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
