[ Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent. ] 1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]
To him with swift ascent he up returned. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The way or means by which one ascends. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. An eminence, hill, or high place. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]