Ascends
[ə'sendz]
Examples
- He ascends to the top of a precipice by walking up the sloping hill behind, and he thus becomes practically acquainted with the principle of the _inclined plane_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He ascends the door-steps and is gliding into the dusky hall when he encounters, on the top step, a bowing and propitiatory little man. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yes, it is exactly behind the house; begins at a little distance, and ascends for half a mile to the extremity of the grounds. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She ascends to the upper apartment and warms the bed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The wings are strongly flapped, striking forward and downward, and the bird quickly ascends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Sadie