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Related / Similar Words: rise, ascent, ascending, Ascension, Ascension of Christ, rising, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord

Definition:

the act of changing location in an upward direction;

(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon;

(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection;

a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon";

(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter;

Hyponyms: levitation, heave, heaving, climb, mount, soar, zoom, climbing, mounting, elevation, lift, raising, liftoff, rapid climb, rapid growth, takeoff, upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust, uplifting

Derivational Morphology: ascend, go up, get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise, stand up, lift, move up, come up

Anagrams: accession, cocainise

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