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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Luhith, Ascent of
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Ascents, Song of (2)
• Ascents, Song of
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Ascent of Blood
King James Dictionary
• Ascent
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Luhith, Ascent of
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Ascent of the Scorpion
Webster Dictionary
• Ascent
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Ascent
• Gur, the Ascent of
• Luhith, Ascent of
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• Anabasis; or Radual Ascent
• מַעֲלֶה
• מַעֲלֶה , עַקְרָב
• סָלַק , עָלָה
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ASCENT', n. L. ascensus.

1. The act of rising motion upwards, whether in air, water or other fluid, or on elevated objects rise a mounting upwards as the ascent of vapors from the earth.

2. The way by which one ascends the means of ascending.

3. An eminence, hill or high place.

4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

5. Acclivity the rise of a hill as a steep ascent.