Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not having been ascended, as a throne waiting for its king.

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  • adjective Not having been ascended.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ ascended

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Examples

  • "It is thy sister's spirit that speaks," cried Dunkeld, observing the awe which not only shook the tender frame of Isabella, but had communicated itself to Bruce, who stood in heart-struck veneration before the yet unascended angel; "holy inspiration," continued the bishop, "beams from her eyes; and as ye hope for further blessings, obey its dictates!"

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • We take it at first for the Marmolata; but it proves to be the Monte Vernale, a less lofty but far more difficult mountain, still unascended, and calculated at 9,845 feet in height.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • Still lower down towards the South-West lies the Sasso di Val Fredda, still unascended; a little beyond it comes the Monte Ricobetta, locally known as the Monzon, 8,634 feet in height; and on the same parallel, but still farther west, Monte Latemar, on whose summit the vapours rest all day.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • Of these unascended Dolomites, many exceeded 10,000 feet in height; and some – as the Cima di Fradusta, the Palle di San Martino and the Sass Maor – are so difficult, that the mountaineer who shall first set foot upon their summits will have achieved a feat in no way second to that of the first ascent of the Matterhorn.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • These are the peaks of the Sasso di Campo, one of the Primiero giants, as yet unascended, and estimated by Ball at something little short of 10,000 feet above the level of the sea.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • This, according to the map, must be the grand chain of which Monte Pramper and Monte Piacedel (both as yet unascended) are the dominating summits.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • "It is thy sister's spirit that speaks," cried Dunkeld, observing the awe which not only shook the tender frame of Isabella, but had communicated itself to Bruce, who stood in heart-struck veneration before the yet unascended angel, "holy inspiration," continued the bishop, "beams from her eyes, and as ye hope for further blessings, obey its dictates!"

    The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1813

  • The loftiest star of unascended Heaven "if it were not for" chance, and death, and mutability, "the Spirit of the Hour also warns that human beings, though" yet free from guilt or pain, "are not" [p] assionless [,] "suggesting that they still can succumb to the will for power and deceit that leads to tyranny (III, iv,

    'An assiduous frequenter of the Italian opera': Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound and the opera buffa 2005

  • But the city is not as abandoned as he had first believed and the team soon encounter a sect of unascended Ancients living far beneath its surface … "

    GateWorld News 2010

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