[UP- 7.] The action of going up; esp. ascent, ascension.
1555. Watreman, Fardle Facions, App. 315. A faire vp goyng, by a slope bancque of Turfes.
1658. J. Nicoll, Diary (Bann. Cl.), 211. Upone this accompt … the Scottis Commissioneris, quho wer reddy to pas to Lundoun…, wer stayed from thair upgoing.
1734. E. Erskine, Serm., Wks. (1791), 697/1. I would speak a little of the solemnity of his [sc. Christ’s] up-going.
1870. Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., I. 422. The eye of the psalmist looked … beyond the typical upgoing of the ark to the sublime ascension of the King of glory.
