ascensionn.

/əˈsɛnʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s assencion, assensioun, etc., 1500s–1600s ascention.

Etymology: < Latin ascensiōn-em, noun of action < ascens- participial stem of ascendĕre : see ascend v. and -ion suffix¹. Largely replaced by ascent n., except in the specific senses 2, 3, which were also the earliest in English.

1. gen. The action of ascending, upward movement.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun]

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upraisingc1400

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1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 475 And then the ever-living gods mounted Olympus, Jove First in ascension.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxiv. 193 In their ascension they kept an almost equal distance from each other.

1682 T. Ken Serm. at Funeral of Lady Mainard 24 Kept the fire always burning, always in ascension, always aspiring towards Heaven.

1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 346/1 To attempt an ascension in such an unwieldy machine.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 103 Ascension-theory, the theory that the matter filling fissure-veins was introduced in solution from below.

a. spec. The ascent of Jesus Christ to heaven on the fortieth day after His resurrection. Occasionally used for Ascension-day. (The earliest use in English.)

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > ascension

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reascension1653

analepsis1737

c1315 Shoreham 126 Fram Crystes resurreccioun, Wat cometh hys ascencion, At fourty daȝen ende.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) v. ii. 103 Eftyr þe Resurrectyowne of Cryst, and his Ascensyowne.

1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 17 The aungelles of heuen at his ascention gloryfied in hym the nature of man.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 187 And with ascention bright Captivity led captive.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. viii. 134 Ascension was observed about the time of Austin.

b. Ascension-day n. the day on which this event took place, and on which it is annually commemorated; Holy Thursday.

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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Ascension > [noun]

Ascension-day1366

Holy Thursdayc1450

1366 Mandeville's Trav. viii. 96 Fro that mount steighe oure Lord Iesu Crist to hevene, upon Ascenciounday.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 151 Ere the next Ascension day at noone.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xiii. 91 This, on Ascension-day, each year,..Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear.

3. Astronomy. The rising of a celestial body; formerly, also, the increasing elevation of the sun in the heavens between the vernal equinox and summer solstice.oblique, right ascension: see the first element.

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the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > rising

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c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 35 He knew ech ascencion of equinoxial.

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 197 Ascension astronomicall is the certaine limitation of som pointe of the equinoctiall circle, whiche riseth iustelye with any starre.

1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 62 The sonne was not farre from the middle of his ascentione.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 224 The cosmicall ascension of a starre we terme that, when it ariseth together with the Sun.

1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) I. 148 When the sun has north declination, the right ascension is greater than the oblique.

1874 Moseley's Lect. Astron. (new ed.) ix. 43 Knowing the right ascension and declination of a star, we know its exact position in the great sphere of the heavens.

†4. Alchemy. Distillation, evaporation. Hence concrete that which arises as if from distillation, a fume.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > distillation > ascent distillation

ascensionc1386

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 225 Ne eek oure spirites ascencioun.

1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 6 in Jewell House In this rectifying by ascension you shall lose a great part of their tincture.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. D4^v Two Of our inferiour workes, are at fixation. A third is in Ascension .

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 101 Conceaving..the braine doth onely suffer from..vaporous ascentions from the stomack.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. v. 102 Successive particles..distilled, or filtrated by ascension.

†5. figurative. Rise from the inferior to the superior; rise or advancement in thought or feeling, in station, dignity, or estimation; ascent. Obsolete.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun]

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meliorationa1400

upraisingc1400

reformation?a1425

amelioration?a1450

enrichinga1513

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betterment1594

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raisure1613

betterance1614

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1617 G. Wither Fidelia in Juvenilia (1633) 483 And to what height Towre in my new ascension to delight?

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxiii. sig. O4 To some, there is not a greater vexation, then to be advised by an inferiour. Directions are vnwelcome, that come to vs by ascensions.

1670 I. Walton Life of Hooker 39 This bishop's ascension to this place of dignity and cares.

1681 Let. in Harl. Misc. (1793) 467 To facilitate his ascension to the throne.

†6. A going back in the order of genealogical succession; reversion to an ancestor; ascent. Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > ascent

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ascent1628

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. i He cometh vnto the lande by collaterall descent, and nat by lynyall ascencyon.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 11 a Lineall ascention in the right line is prohibited.

7. Way of ascending, upward slope, ascent. archaic.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > upwards

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1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys 59 Grees of marbyl..Be whiche to the temple was the ascencyon.

1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage i. viii, in Wks. X. 59 Round and round The spiral steps in long ascension wound.

Draft additions December 2003

ascension robe n. U.S. (usually in plural) a garment worn in readiness for one's ascension to heaven (in imitation of the appearance of Christ's garments at his transfiguration); spec. a muslin robe worn amongst the Millerites in the expectation of the advent of Christ.

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1843 Nauvoo (Illinois) Neighbor 7 June 3/5 Several Millerites in that city walked the streets and fields all day arrayed in their ascension robes.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island ix. 87 If a week should pass without some one telling me that I am doing easy work for big pay I would conclude that I might as well order my ascension robe ‘immediately and to onct’.

1991 Wilson Q. Spring 27/1 Thousands of Christians put on their ascension robes and gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ascension
释义	ascensionn. /əˈsɛnʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s assencion, assensioun, etc., 1500s–1600s ascention. Etymology: < Latin ascensiōn-em, noun of action < ascens- participial stem of ascendĕre : see ascend v. and -ion suffix¹. Largely replaced by ascent n., except in the specific senses 2, 3, which were also the earliest in English. 1. gen. The action of ascending, upward movement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] upgang971 styingc1200 astyingc1220 upstyinga1300 upcomingc1330 risinga1398 upraisingc1400 mounting1440 toweringc1440 lift1470 ascence1481 ascending1482 mount1486 upwith?1507 surrection1509 upgoing1555 rise1573 arise1590 ascension1598 uprest1602 transcendencea1616 ascent1616 mounture1631 resultancea1634 uprise1690 anabasis1706 upshift1839 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 475 And then the ever-living gods mounted Olympus, Jove First in ascension. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxiv. 193 In their ascension they kept an almost equal distance from each other. 1682 T. Ken Serm. at Funeral of Lady Mainard 24 Kept the fire always burning, always in ascension, always aspiring towards Heaven. 1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 346/1 To attempt an ascension in such an unwieldy machine. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 103 Ascension-theory, the theory that the matter filling fissure-veins was introduced in solution from below. 2. a. spec. The ascent of Jesus Christ to heaven on the fortieth day after His resurrection. Occasionally used for Ascension-day. (The earliest use in English.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > ascension upstyinga1300 ascensionc1315 upstya1400 reascension1653 analepsis1737 c1315 Shoreham 126 Fram Crystes resurreccioun, Wat cometh hys ascencion, At fourty daȝen ende. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) v. ii. 103 Eftyr þe Resurrectyowne of Cryst, and his Ascensyowne. 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 17 The aungelles of heuen at his ascention gloryfied in hym the nature of man. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 187 And with ascention bright Captivity led captive. View more context for this quotation 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. viii. 134 Ascension was observed about the time of Austin. b. Ascension-day n. the day on which this event took place, and on which it is annually commemorated; Holy Thursday. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Ascension > [noun] Ascension-day1366 Holy Thursdayc1450 1366 Mandeville's Trav. viii. 96 Fro that mount steighe oure Lord Iesu Crist to hevene, upon Ascenciounday. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 151 Ere the next Ascension day at noone. View more context for this quotation 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xiii. 91 This, on Ascension-day, each year,..Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear. 3. Astronomy. The rising of a celestial body; formerly, also, the increasing elevation of the sun in the heavens between the vernal equinox and summer solstice.oblique, right ascension: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > rising risinga1333 arising1340 ascensionc1386 rise1440 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 35 He knew ech ascencion of equinoxial. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 197 Ascension astronomicall is the certaine limitation of som pointe of the equinoctiall circle, whiche riseth iustelye with any starre. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 62 The sonne was not farre from the middle of his ascentione. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 224 The cosmicall ascension of a starre we terme that, when it ariseth together with the Sun. View more context for this quotation 1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) I. 148 When the sun has north declination, the right ascension is greater than the oblique. 1874 Moseley's Lect. Astron. (new ed.) ix. 43 Knowing the right ascension and declination of a star, we know its exact position in the great sphere of the heavens. †4. Alchemy. Distillation, evaporation. Hence concrete that which arises as if from distillation, a fume. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > distillation > ascent distillation ascensionc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 225 Ne eek oure spirites ascencioun. 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 6 in Jewell House In this rectifying by ascension you shall lose a great part of their tincture. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. D4^v Two Of our inferiour workes, are at fixation. A third is in Ascension . View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 101 Conceaving..the braine doth onely suffer from..vaporous ascentions from the stomack. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. v. 102 Successive particles..distilled, or filtrated by ascension. †5. figurative. Rise from the inferior to the superior; rise or advancement in thought or feeling, in station, dignity, or estimation; ascent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] betteringeOE amendmentc1230 bote of beam1330 meliorationa1400 upraisingc1400 reformation?a1425 amelioration?a1450 enrichinga1513 amendsa1547 gooding1567 betterment1594 meliorization1599 endearment1612 raisure1613 betterance1614 ascenta1616 ascension1617 enrichmenta1626 improvement1625 booty beam1642 meliorating1647 bonification1652 uplift1873 work1914 pickupa1916 upgrading1920 tone-up1943 stepping1958 upgradation1979 upgrade1980 1617 G. Wither Fidelia in Juvenilia (1633) 483 And to what height Towre in my new ascension to delight? 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxiii. sig. O4 To some, there is not a greater vexation, then to be advised by an inferiour. Directions are vnwelcome, that come to vs by ascensions. 1670 I. Walton Life of Hooker 39 This bishop's ascension to this place of dignity and cares. 1681 Let. in Harl. Misc. (1793) 467 To facilitate his ascension to the throne. †6. A going back in the order of genealogical succession; reversion to an ancestor; ascent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > ascent ascension1528 ascent1628 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. i He cometh vnto the lande by collaterall descent, and nat by lynyall ascencyon. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 11 a Lineall ascention in the right line is prohibited. 7. Way of ascending, upward slope, ascent. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > upwards upgang971 ascension1447 upcome1487 upcoming1487 climb1577 ascent1611 upgo1855 raise1877 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys 59 Grees of marbyl..Be whiche to the temple was the ascencyon. 1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage i. viii, in Wks. X. 59 Round and round The spiral steps in long ascension wound. Draft additions December 2003 ascension robe n. U.S. (usually in plural) a garment worn in readiness for one's ascension to heaven (in imitation of the appearance of Christ's garments at his transfiguration); spec. a muslin robe worn amongst the Millerites in the expectation of the advent of Christ. ΚΠ 1843 Nauvoo (Illinois) Neighbor 7 June 3/5 Several Millerites in that city walked the streets and fields all day arrayed in their ascension robes. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island ix. 87 If a week should pass without some one telling me that I am doing easy work for big pay I would conclude that I might as well order my ascension robe ‘immediately and to onct’. 1991 Wilson Q. Spring 27/1 Thousands of Christians put on their ascension robes and gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1315
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