| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section IV. Motion | | 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
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| 305. [Motion Upwards.] Ascent. |
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| NOUN: | ASCENT, ascension; rising &c. v.; rise, upgrowth, upward flight, upgrade; leap [See Leap]; grade [U. S.], gradient [Eng.], ramp, acclivity, hill [See Obliquity].
STAIRWAY, staircase, stair [esp. in Scot.], stairs; flight of -steps, - stairs; ladder, scaling ladder; Jacob’s ladder, companionway, companion, companion ladder [all naut.]; escalator, elevator [See Elevation].
[COMPARISONS] rocket, skyrocket, lark, skylark; Alpine Club.
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| VERB: | ASCEND, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one’s way up, start up, spring up, shoot up; aspire, aim high.
plane swim, float.
CLIMB, shin [colloq.], swarm [colloq.], clamber, ramp [rare], scramble, escalade, surmount; wind upward; scale, - the heights.
TOWER, soar, hover, spire, go-, fly- aloft; surge; leap [See Leap].
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| ADJECTIVE: | RISING &c. v.; upcast; scandent, buoyant; supernatant, superfluitant; excelsior.
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| ADVERB: | UP, upward or upwards, skyward. heavenward, toward the empyrean; upturned; uphill.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Hark! hark! the lark at heaven’s gate sings.—Shakespeare
- They climbed the steep ascent of heaven.—Heber
- Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest.—Shelley
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