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as·cent  audio  (-snt) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The act or process of rising or going upward.
  2. An advancement, especially in social status.
  3. An upward slope or incline.
  4. A going back in time or upward in genealogical succession.
ETYMOLOGY:
From ascend, on the model of descent


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