† aˈscence Obs.
[a. OF. ascense:—late L. ascensa, n. formed on fem. sing. of ascensus, pa. pple. of ascendĕre to ascend; analogous to ns. in -āta, -ada, F. -ée. Cf. defence.]
Earlier equivalent of ascent, ascension.
| c 1450 Henryson Mor. Fables 86 Then may the storme on no way make ascence. 1481 Earl of Worcester Tulle on Friendship (Caxton) A iv/3 To whom shold we deme that a liter ascence was graunted..than unto Scipio? 1578 Psalm li. in Scot. Poems 16th c. (1801) II. 114 This isope is humilitie Right law intill ascence. |