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
“Big as you all are, I will dare anything you can do,” exclaimed Norman proudly, and he began to reascend the rocks.
From Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good by William Henry Giles Kingston
Devil used as a ladder by Dante to reascend to light, 822-m.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
M. Rouher was constrained to reascend the tribune.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
“Ax no questions an’ you’ll be told no lies,” was McCoy’s polite rejoinder, to which Quintal returned a not less complimentary remark, and followed Young and Adams, who had already begun to reascend the cliffs.
From The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
