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ascent definition

as·cent (ə sent′)

noun

  1. the act of ascending, rising, or climbing
  2. an advancement, as in rank, fame, etc.
    1. a way leading up; upward slope; acclivity
    2. the amount of such slope an ascent of three degrees
  4. a going back in time or in line of ancestry

Etymology: < ascend, modeled on descent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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