All 4 Uses of
ascend
in
Mansfield Park
- A happy party it appeared to her, all interested in one object: cheerful beyond a doubt, for the sound of merriment ascended even to her.†
Chpt 7
- In looking back after Edmund, however, when there was any stretch of road behind them, or when he gained on them in ascending a considerable hill, they were united, and a "there he is" broke at the same moment from them both, more than once.†
Chpt 8
- Yes, it is exactly behind the house; begins at a little distance, and ascends for half a mile to the extremity of the grounds.†
Chpt 8 *
- He was certainly better pleased to hand her into the barouche than to assist her in ascending the box, and his complacency seemed confirmed by the arrangement.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(ascend as in: ascend the mountain) to move or slope upward -- sometimes figuratively as when climbing the corporate ladder