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serein (medicine)


serein
<meteorology> A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset.

Origin: F. Cf. Serenade.

Source: Websters Dictionary


ascend (iou)



ascend verb. LME.
[Latin ascendere, from ad AS-1 + scandere to climb.]
I. verb intrans.
Go up, come up; rise, soar; be raised. Occas. foll. by up. LME.
Bible (AV): King John 6:62 What and if yee shall see the sonne of man ascend vp where hee was before? Milton The noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest Towrs. L. Deighton I don't know when you last ascended from your cellar.
b. Of a planet, zodiacal sign, etc.: move towards the zenith, esp. come above the horizon; move northwards. LME.
ascending node Astronomy the point at which the moon's or a planet's orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north.
W. Congreve I was born, Sir, when the Crab was ascending.
Slope or extend upwards; poet. rise by growth or construction, be reared. LME.
Goldsmith Far to the right, where Apennine ascends. G. B. Shaw On both sides of this passage steps ascend to a landing.
Of sound: rise in pitch, go up the scale. LME.
Proceed from inferior to superior; rise in quality, station, degree, etc. LME.
J. Jortin A rash desire to ascend to a rankfor which God's providence has not designed us. J. McCosh We shall ascend..beyond laws to a lawgiver.
Go back in time, or in order of genealogical succession. L16.
II. verb trans.
Go up, climb; climb to the summit of; move upstream along (a river etc.). LME.
Gibbon Their galleys ascended the river. C. Darwin We ascend the lofty peaks of the Cordillera and we find an alpine species of bizcacha. B. Moore Ascending and descending these winding turret stairs.
Get up on to, mount; arch. go up into. L16.
ascend the throne become king or queen.
Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Go, get thee to thy love,..Ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her. E. O'Neill He ascends the dais and places her on the table as on a bier.
ascendable adjective (rare) M18.