Also spelled re-ascended and re-ascending

US /ˌɹiːəˈsɛnd/ UK /ˌriːəˈsend/
verb Freq #577637

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to ascend or rise again

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to ascend or rise again climb againrise again
Opposites
redescend
Word family
Forms reascendedreascending
Derived forms reascension
Related forms ascendascentdescend

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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