ascend
verb (used without object)
to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise.
reascend
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a word derived from
ascend.
Example Sentences
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He was, however, one of those cultural figures who begin at a peak of recognition and spend a professional lifetime unable to reascend the heights.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2010
She was at that point when some energetic natures, having got to the bottom of the hill, seem to make a fresh start and reascend.
From The Rector by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
We have now to reascend the Grand Canal, and approach the Rialto.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin
The orchestra had not yet recommenced, and the curtain would not reascend for at least ten good minutes.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Hard it is to have thus to reascend the stream down which one has for so long been gently floated!
From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan
