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Word

accension

Phoneticsac·cen·sion

Definition

n. the act of rising or moving upward. It is an old word that people rarely use today.

n. the act of rising or ascending; the state of being elevated.

Examples

“The accension of the sun brought light to the valley.”

“The poet described the accension of the soul as a journey toward a higher state of being.”

“In the context of the play, the protagonist's accension to the throne is depicted as a moment of profound personal and political transformation.”

Examples

simple

“The accension of the sun brought light to the valley.”

contextual

“The poet described the accension of the soul as a journey toward a higher state of being.”

complex

“In the context of the play, the protagonist's accension to the throne is depicted as a moment of profound personal and political transformation.”

Etymology

From Latin accensiōnem, from accendere.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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