ascentn.

Brit.

/əˈsɛnt/, U.S.

/əˈsɛnt/

Forms: Also 1600s assent.

Etymology: (Not in French) < ascend v., on the analogy of descent (see quot. 1628 at sense 3), < French descente , itself an imitative formation on descendre , after etymological forms like vente , attente , < vendre , attendre : Latin vendita gave French vente , but Latin ascensa gave French ascense , English ascence n.

a. gen. The act of ascending, mounting, or soaring up; upward movement, rise.

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

1616 T. Overbury et al. His Wife (9th impr.) Newes from Chimney Corner sig. Q6^v The first degree of his ascent.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 224 To him with swift ascent he up returnd.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Ascent of Fluids, is particularly understood of their rising above their own Level.

1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 347/1 He had effected an ascent [in a balloon] at Edinburgh.

b. figurative. Rise in thought, estimation, characteristic quality, social station, etc.; advancement.

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

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. ii. 25 His assent is not by such easie degrees.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. ii. 225 What higher Combinations subsist, we know not. Their Gradation and Ascent 'tis impossible we should discover.

1790 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) III. 512 His ascent to one of the most eminent dignities of the republic.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 368 French and English art in precipitate decline, Italian in steady ascent.

a. esp. The act of climbing or travelling up; the going up a mountain, stairs, a river, etc.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mountain Called the needle Mountain..being supposed impracticable to the ascent of any one.

1844 C. Dickens Let. 23 Nov. (1977) IV. 228 We began the ascent of the Simplon that same night.

1850 P. Cunningham Handbk. London 384 The rest of the ascent is a dirty and somewhat fatiguing task.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > upwards

ascent1644

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 The right path of a vertuous and noble Education; laborious indeed at the first ascent.

1879 Ld. Tennyson Lover's Tale (new ed.) 29 To both there came The joy of life in steepness overcome, And victories of ascent.

3. A going back in time or in order of genealogical succession; †concrete a single step back in genealogy (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

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

ascension1528

ascent1628

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

ascent1628

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 11 a Hee commeth to the land by collateral discent and not by lineall ascent [Littleton, par collateral discent, et nemy par lineall ascention; tr. 1574 discent..ascension].

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. v. 57 Shee could scarce run two ascents without the help of a Town or Parish, where her Grandfather was found.

1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. iv. ii. 191 So does our ascent into the Past discover a beauty..till then unperceived.

4. Method or way of ascending.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > an ascent, way, or method of

stying1382

ascent1600

upway1616

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvii. 995 Daungerous places steepe and hard of ascent.

1712 T. Parnell in Spectator No. 460. ⁋3 A Hill, green, flowery, and of an easy ascent.

1850 P. Cunningham Handbk. London 384 The ascent to the ball is by 616 steps.

5. concrete. A way by which one may ascend; upward slope, acclivity; a flight of steps.

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

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings x. 5 His ascent by which hee went vp vnto the house of the Lord.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 545 Winding with one ascent Accessible from Earth.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden A gentle Ascent or a Plain are healthy Expositions.

1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) II. i. 37 The ascent of steps from the hall.

c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine iii. 190 Up that long ascent He came.

†6. A rising ground, an eminence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun]

link931

rise1240

motea1300

bentc1405

mote-hill1475

territory1477

height1487

rising1548

raising1572

linch1591

mount1591

swelling1630

up1637

vertex1641

advance1655

ascendant1655

eminency1662

ascent1663

eminence1670

swell1764

elevation1799

embreastment1799

upwith1819

lift1825

salita1910

turtle-back1913

upwarp1917

upslope1920

whaleback1928

1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 181 There was an Ascent raised where a Chair and Canopy of State was set.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 40 The very Elysian Fields..too must be diversified with depressed Valleys and swelling Ascents.

7. For ascendant adj. and n.

ΚΠ

?c1400 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. (Harl.) 613 Myn ascent was Taur, and Mars therinne.

1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxvii. 90 Jupiter is Lord of that Ascent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ascent
释义	ascentn. Brit. /əˈsɛnt/, U.S. /əˈsɛnt/ Forms: Also 1600s assent. Etymology: (Not in French) < ascend v., on the analogy of descent (see quot. 1628 at sense 3), < French descente , itself an imitative formation on descendre , after etymological forms like vente , attente , < vendre , attendre : Latin vendita gave French vente , but Latin ascensa gave French ascense , English ascence n. 1. a. gen. The act of ascending, mounting, or soaring up; upward movement, rise. 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 1616 T. Overbury et al. His Wife (9th impr.) Newes from Chimney Corner sig. Q6^v The first degree of his ascent. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 224 To him with swift ascent he up returnd. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Ascent of Fluids, is particularly understood of their rising above their own Level. 1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 347/1 He had effected an ascent [in a balloon] at Edinburgh. b. figurative. Rise in thought, estimation, characteristic quality, social station, etc.; advancement. 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. ii. 25 His assent is not by such easie degrees. View more context for this quotation 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. ii. 225 What higher Combinations subsist, we know not. Their Gradation and Ascent 'tis impossible we should discover. 1790 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) III. 512 His ascent to one of the most eminent dignities of the republic. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 368 French and English art in precipitate decline, Italian in steady ascent. 2. a. esp. The act of climbing or travelling up; the going up a mountain, stairs, a river, etc. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mountain Called the needle Mountain..being supposed impracticable to the ascent of any one. 1844 C. Dickens Let. 23 Nov. (1977) IV. 228 We began the ascent of the Simplon that same night. 1850 P. Cunningham Handbk. London 384 The rest of the ascent is a dirty and somewhat fatiguing task. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > upwards ascent1644 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 The right path of a vertuous and noble Education; laborious indeed at the first ascent. 1879 Ld. Tennyson Lover's Tale (new ed.) 29 To both there came The joy of life in steepness overcome, And victories of ascent. 3. A going back in time or in order of genealogical succession; †concrete a single step back in genealogy (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > ascent ascension1528 ascent1628 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > ascent > degree in ascent1628 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 11 a Hee commeth to the land by collateral discent and not by lineall ascent [Littleton, par collateral discent, et nemy par lineall ascention; tr. 1574 discent..ascension]. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. v. 57 Shee could scarce run two ascents without the help of a Town or Parish, where her Grandfather was found. 1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. iv. ii. 191 So does our ascent into the Past discover a beauty..till then unperceived. 4. Method or way of ascending. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > an ascent, way, or method of stying1382 ascent1600 upway1616 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvii. 995 Daungerous places steepe and hard of ascent. 1712 T. Parnell in Spectator No. 460. ⁋3 A Hill, green, flowery, and of an easy ascent. 1850 P. Cunningham Handbk. London 384 The ascent to the ball is by 616 steps. 5. concrete. A way by which one may ascend; upward slope, acclivity; a flight of steps. 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 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings x. 5 His ascent by which hee went vp vnto the house of the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 545 Winding with one ascent Accessible from Earth. View more context for this quotation 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden A gentle Ascent or a Plain are healthy Expositions. 1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) II. i. 37 The ascent of steps from the hall. c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine iii. 190 Up that long ascent He came. †6. A rising ground, an eminence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] link931 rise1240 motea1300 bentc1405 mote-hill1475 territory1477 height1487 rising1548 raising1572 linch1591 mount1591 swelling1630 up1637 vertex1641 advance1655 ascendant1655 eminency1662 ascent1663 eminence1670 swell1764 elevation1799 embreastment1799 upwith1819 lift1825 salita1910 turtle-back1913 upwarp1917 upslope1920 whaleback1928 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 181 There was an Ascent raised where a Chair and Canopy of State was set. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 40 The very Elysian Fields..too must be diversified with depressed Valleys and swelling Ascents. 7. For ascendant adj. and n. ΚΠ ?c1400 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. (Harl.) 613 Myn ascent was Taur, and Mars therinne. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxvii. 90 Jupiter is Lord of that Ascent. 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