(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]……

(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) In a middle state between two extremes; (b) phys. & physiol. of color, temperament, food, etc.: of a mixed quality or character; (c) moderate in size or quantity; mene assise [see assise n. 6]……

(a) Work, deed(s, action(s; a military operation; also fig.; don operacioun(es, to perform (one's) deed(s, conduct (oneself), behave; (b) spiritual labor(s; (c) a scientific, alchemical, or magical……

(a) Character, nature, state, or condition; an inherent attribute; innere qualite, ?inner state; [quot.: Barth., last, may belong with sense 3.(a)]; outre qualite, outer state; qualite of the colour……

(a) Of a person, a person's disposition or nature, an attribute, etc.: mild, gentle; restrained, self-controlled, prudent; (b) of a person, a person's eating, physical activity, etc.: mod erate……