1. (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

2. (n.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.

3. (n.) The highest point; the greatest degree.

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