Astron. The elevation or angular height of a celestial body above the horizon; altitude meridian(al, the elevation of the sun at noon. …

(a) A recess, nook, corner (of a building); angle hole an opening or niche in a wall; fig. angle of wrecchednesse [?cp. sense 4]; (b) a section (of a city, a country, etc.), esp. an outlying region or……

(a) To move or proceed upward; ascend, climb, mount, soar; ascenden up(ward); board (a ship); light (upon sb.); (b) to ascend (a hill); rise to (the heavens); also, lift up, raise [quot. a1450]……

Astron. and astrol. That degree of the ecliptic or zodiac which is arising above the horizon at a given moment; taken the ascendent, to determine this degree; also, the attendant configuration of……

Astron. Rising above the horizon. …

(a) The ascent of Christ to heaven; the Ascension; ascensioun dai, dai of ascensioun; (b) the feast day [forty days after Easter] commemorating the Ascension; ascensioun dai, ascensioun eve(n, the……

(a) To allot or allocate (sth. to sb.) for use or possession; assign (an area to a continent); (b) transfer, convey (property); bequeath (property) by will; allot (dower); (c) allot (a condition or……

(a) A boundary marker, a landmark; Ercules boundes, the Pillars of Hercules; (b) a boundary line, the outer limit of an area or a space; a line of demarkation; est bound, west bound, etc. …

The geometrical center of a circle or sphere. …

A geometrical circle; also, the circumference of a circle; rounde as a cercle. …

(a) To accumulate; (b) ppl. culled, gathered (from various sources). …

(a) Anat. Any hollow or concave part, such as a cavity (of the womb), canal (of the ear), recess (of a wound), sinus (of the liver); (b) Astron. the surface of a celestial sphere. …

(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint. …

(a) Connected; (b) related (as kinsmen); (c) joined (in marriage); united (in friendship). …

(a) Astron. Aspect; (b) in the conspect of, in view of. …

Astron. (a) A constellation of fixed stars; (b) position or elevation (of the sun). …

Running (of man or beast); a run; riden a cours, make a run. …

(a) Clear, unclouded; bright, reflecting light; (b) astron. heven cristallin, cristallin heven, the crystalline sphere, a clear heaven variously placed by various astronomers; (c) anat. cristallin……

(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration. …

(a) Astron. The elliptical path followed by the center of a planet's epicycle as it appears to move about the earth; also, a representation of such an orbit on the instrument called an equatorie; (b)……