reascend

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled re-ascended and re-ascending

US /ˌɹiːəˈsɛnd/ UK /ˌriːəˈsend/ See IPA manual

Freq #577637

Meanings

1

verb
to ascend or rise again

After collecting the dropped map, we had to reascend the steep staircase.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to ascend or rise again climb againrise again

Opposites

redescend

Word family

Forms reascendedreascending

Derived forms reascension

Related forms ascend ascent descend

Etymology

Formed from re- ("again") + ascend. Ascend comes from Latin ascendere ("to climb up"), combining ad- ("to") with scandere ("to climb").

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