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Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the li…

A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

ion ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning.

Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley.

Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. Ayliffe.

Rising; ascending. Ruskin.

The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

Ascending; (Bot.)

Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton.

nd supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the dipping needl…

The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aëronautics.

Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous. [R.]

be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.

Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.

ropositions. Contrary motion (Mus.), the progression of parts in opposite directions, one ascending, the other descending.

ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.

Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glóry.