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Webster Dictionary :: Ascent
ASCENT', n. [L. ascensus.] 1. The act of rising; motion upwards, whether in air,...
Webster Dictionary :: Ascensive
ASCEN'SIVE, a. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
Webster Dictionary :: Ascension-day
ASCENSION-DAY, n. A festival of some christian churches, held ten days or on the...
Webster Dictionary :: Ascension
ASCEN'SION, n. [L. ascensio.] 1. The act of ascending; a rising. It is frequentl...
Webster Dictionary :: Ascending
ASCEND'ING, ppr. Rising; moving upwards; proceeding from the less to the greater...
Webster Dictionary :: Ascendency
ASCEND'ENCY, n. Power; governing or controlling influence. Custom has an ascende...
Webster Dictionary :: Ascended
ASCEND'ED, pp. or a. Risen; mounted up; gone to heaven.
Webster Dictionary :: Ascendant
ASCEND'ANT, n. 1. Superiority or commanding influence; as, one man has the ascen...
Webster Dictionary :: Ascendable
ASCEND'ABLE, a. That may be ascended.
Webster Dictionary :: Ascend
ASCEND', v.i. [L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.] 1. To move upwards; ...
Webster Dictionary :: Asbestus
ASBES'TUS, ASCA'RIS, n. plu. ascar'ides. [Gr.] In zoology, a genus of intestinal...
Webster Dictionary :: Asbestos
ASBES'TOS, n. [Gr. inextinguishable; of neg. to extinguish.] A mineral, which ha...
Webster Dictionary :: Asbestinite
ASBES'TINITE, n. [See Asbestus .] The actinolite or strahlstein. Calciferous abe...
Webster Dictionary :: Asbestine
ASBES'TINE, a. [See Asbestus .] Pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its natu...
Webster Dictionary :: Asa-fetida
ASA-FET'IDA, n. [Asa, gum, and L. fatidus, fetid.] A fetid gum-resin, from the E...
Webster Dictionary :: Asa-dulcis
ASA-DULCIS, The same as benzoin.
