Both Uses of
ascend
in
The Call of the Wild
- A whiff of warm air ascended to his nostrils, and there, curled up under the snow in a snug ball, lay Billee.†
Chpt 2 *
- Summer arrived, and dogs and men packed on their backs, rafted across blue mountain lakes, and descended or ascended unknown rivers in slender boats whipsawed from the standing forest.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(ascend as in: ascend the mountain) to move or slope upward -- sometimes figuratively as when climbing the corporate ladder