a. [ L. adnascens, p. pr. of adnasci to be born, grow. ] Growing to or on something else. “An adnascent plant.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent. ] 1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

To him with swift ascent he up returned. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The way or means by which one ascends. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An eminence, hill, or high place. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born together; produced at the same time. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. depascens, p. pr. of depascere; de- + pascere to feed. ] Feeding. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born. ] Coming into being; nascent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nascens, -entis, p. pr. nasci to be born. See Nation, and cf. Naissant. ] 1. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Nascent passions and anxieties. Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nascent state (Chem.), the fleeting or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound, and not yet united with another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong reducer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. renascens, p. pr. of renasci to be born again; pref. re- re- + nasci to be born. See Nascent. ] 1. Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Renaissant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subnascens, p. pr. of subnasci to grow under; sub under + nasci to be born. ] Growing underneath. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Violescent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]