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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