1. Noun
The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
2. Noun
Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.
3. Noun
An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.
4. Noun
(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
Vocabulary classified under Physics
5. Noun
a movement upward; rise above the ground; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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