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Definition of Accending
1. accend [v] - See also: accend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accending
Literary usage of Accending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1830)
"On accending the hill at Macken, they' perceived a large body of armed men in a
field, a little off the road, and others behind the ditches on each side. ..."
2. The Works of the Rev. John Newton by John Newton (1824)
"I thought it likewise an emblem of that cloud of sin which is continually accending
with a mighty cry in the ears of the Lord of hosts. ..."
3. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"For small-coal, saltpetre, and camphor, made into powder will be of little force,
wherein notwithstanding there wants not the accending ingredient. ..."
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