All 3 Uses of
ascend
in
Sense and Sensibility
- They gaily ascended the downs, rejoicing in their own penetration at every glimpse of blue sky; and when they caught in their faces the animating gales of a high south-westerly wind, they pitied the fears which had prevented their mother and Elinor from sharing such delightful sensations.†
Chpt 9
- They arrived in due time at the place of destination, and as soon as the string of carriages before them would allow, alighted, ascended the stairs, heard their names announced from one landing-place to another in an audible voice, and entered a room splendidly lit up, quite full of company, and insufferably hot.†
Chpt 28
- On ascending the stairs, the Miss Dashwoods found so many people before them in the room, that there was not a person at liberty to tend to their orders; and they were obliged to wait.†
Chpt 33 *
Definition:
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(ascend as in: ascend the mountain) to move or slope upward -- sometimes figuratively as when climbing the corporate ladder