Both Uses of
ascend
in
The Two Towers
- From the lowest dungeon to the highest peak it climbed. ascending in unbroken spiral in many thousand steps, until it issued at last in Durin's Tower carved in the living rock of Zirak-zigil, the pinnacle of the Silvertine.†
Chpt 3.5
- Gandalf would ascend into the tower, to discuss deep things beyond their comprehension in the high chambers of Orthanc.†
Chpt 3.10 *
Definition:
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(ascend as in: ascend the mountain) to move or slope upward -- sometimes figuratively as when climbing the corporate ladder