encroach,  trespass,  infringe,
trench  upon,  intrench  on;  strain;
stretch  -,  strain-  a  point ;  pass  the
Rubicon.
Ad^.  surpassing  &c.  la.
Adv.  beyond  the  mark,  ahead.
305.  [Motion upwards.]  Ascent.
— JV.  ascent,  ascension ;  rising  &c.
V. ;  rise,  upgrowth ;  leap  &c.  309 ;
acclivity,  hill  &c.  317;  flight  of
-steps,  -  stairs ;  ladder.
rocket,  lark;  sky-rocket,  -lark;
Alpine  Club.
V.  ascend,  rise,  mount,  arise,
uprise ;  go  -,  get  -,  work  one's
way  -,  start  -,  spring  -,  shoot-  up ;
aspire.
climb,  clamber,  ramp,  scramble,
escalade,  surmount;  scale,  -  the
heights.
tower,  soar,  hover,  spire,  plane,
swim,  float,  surge ;  leap  &c.  309.
Adj.  rising  &c.  v. ;  scandent,
buoyant ;  super-natant,  -fluitant.
Adv.  uphill.
-of;  minus;  out  of  depth;  per-
functory &c.  {neglect)  460.
Adv.  within  -the  mark,  -  com-
pass, -  bounds:  behindhand;  re
infectd  ;  to  no  purpose ;  far  from  it.
Phr.  the  bubble  burst.
306.  [Motion  downwards.]  De-
scent.— N.  descent,  descension,
declension,  declination;  fall;  fall-
ing &c.  V. ;  drop,  cadence ;  subsi-
dence, lapse;  downfall,  tumble,
slip,  tilt,  trip,  lurch ;  cropper,  cul-
hute  ;  titubation,  stumble ;  fate  of
Icarus.
avalanche^  debacle,  landslip.
declivity,  dip,  hill.
V.  descend ;  go  -,  drop  -,  come  •
down;  fall,  gravitate,  drop,  slip,
slide,  settle;  decline,  set,  sink,
droop,  come  down  a  peg.
dismount,  alight,  light,  get
down;  swoop;  stoop  &c.  308;  fall
prostrate,  precipitate  oneself;  let
fall  &c.  308.
tumble,  trip,  stumble,   titubate,
lurch,  pitch,  swag,  topple;  topple
-,    tumble-  -dov/n,    -   over;    tilt,
sprawl,  plump  down,  come  down
a  cropper.
Adj.  descending  &c.  v. ;  descendent;  decur-rent,  -sive;  labent,
deciduous;  nodding  to  its  fall.
Adv.  down-hill,  -wards.
