Bible Dictionaries
Ascension

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.

(2):

(n.) The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

(3):

(n.) An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ascension'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ascension.html. 1828.