Climb

i. ( imp. and pp. CLIMBED; CLOMB is used by poetical license.) [A.S. climan or climb an; Ger. klimmen; allied to clamber, cling, and clutch.] To rise or ascend by clinging to, clutching, or holding fast; to mount or ascend with labor and difficulty. "Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar." - Beattie. ist, but flourish, under the most opposite extremes of -v. a. To ascend; to mount or ascend with labor, or by a heat or cold, wet or dry, is one of the most remarkable circumstances connected with the history of human life; slow motion. " Climb the steep mountain, in the cavern lie." - Prior .