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reascent|riːəˈsɛnt|
[f. re- 5 a + ascent.]
1. The act of reascending.
a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 87 The Heav'nly Standard then shall wave in Air, And the bright Hosts for Re-ascent prepare. 1733Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. xvi. 247 To prevent the Re-ascent of what that brings down. 1808Bentham Sc. Reform 43 Where the descent has not been occasional, alternating with re-ascent. 1851C. L. Smith tr. Tasso xv. xxxiii, The sun..shone behind them on its re-ascent.
2. The way by which one reascends.
1784Cowper Task i. 327 Hence the declivity is sharp and short, And such the reascent. 1855Bailey Mystic 6 They..Move ever up the reascent to light.
3. The distance to which one reascends.
1807Wordsw. White Doe vii. 297 Dire overthrow, and yet how high The re-ascent in sanctity. |