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[əˈsɛnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill
(e.g: the first ascent of the Matterhorn)
- an instance of rising or moving up through the air
(e.g: the first balloon ascent was in 1783)
Phrases:
Origin
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late 16th century: from ascend, on the pattern of the pair of descend, descent
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