CLIMB,
1. To creep up by little and little, or step by step to mount or ascend, by means of the hands and feet to rise on any fixed object, by seizing it with the hands and lifting the body, and by thrusting with the feet as, to climb a tree or a precipice.
And he ran before and climbed up into a sycamore tree. Luke 19 .
2. To mount or ascend with labor and difficulty.
3. To rise or ascend with a slow motion.
Black vapors climb aloft.
CLIMB,
1. To ascend by means of the hands and feet, implying labor, difficulty and slow progress as, to climb a wall, or a steep mountain.
2. To mount or ascend, with labor or a slow motion as, to climb the ascents of fame.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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