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acclivity|əˈklɪvɪtɪ|
[ad. L. acclīvitāt-em steepness; f. acclīv-is, acclīv-us; see acclive and -ity.]
The upward slope of a hill; an ascending slope.
[Not in Cotgrave or Florio 1611 or Minsheu 1623.]1614Purchas Pilgr. v. xiii. 511 These bottomes of the sea haue also their..hillocks, mountaines, valleyes, with the Acclivities and Decliuities of places. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 290 The additional Acclivity would be imperceptible. 1789–96J. Morse Amer. Geog. XI. 319 The ascent to the upper story is not by steps but a paved acclivity. 1850Merivale Hist. Rom. Emp. (1865) I. viii. 323 The acclivity was studded with the pleasure-houses of the noble families of Rome. |