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Definition of Ascends
1. ascend [v] - See also: ascend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascends
Literary usage of Ascends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1885)
"131), a pleasant path, which cannot be mistaken, ascends to Bad Gurnigel in 2Va
hrs. To Saanen through the valley of the Simme^ sec R. 56. 42. The Niesen. ..."
2. The Eastern Alps, Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"351) the new carriage-road diverges to the left from the Val di Non road and
ascends in windings (at the S. end of the village is a, steep short-cut through ..."
3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"Tenasserim; ascends to 4000 feet. Height reaching 120 feet, stem-circumference
... Peru; ascends to 6000 feet. Height 10 feet. Chusquea Fendleri, Munro. ..."
4. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"Christian finds Simple, Sloth, and Presumption fast asleep—7s despised by Formalist
and Hypocrisy—-He ascends the Hill Difficulty—Loses his roll, ..."
5. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"... the footpath quita the road to Ros- beim, a few hundred paces below the village,
and ascends the slope. A considerably shorter patb leads direct to the ..."
6. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: As Far as by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"situated on a lofty rock and dating To the left, a little above the inn, a footpath
ascends to (25 min.) back to the llth cent, but several times restored ..."
7. Southern France Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"... but there are no through-trains. — The trains start from the Gare du Midi or St.
Jean. Bordeaux, see p. 42. The line ascends the valley of the Ga- ..."
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