Are you so inclined?

Another nice little word, and another of those interesting instances where the root word is obsolete and the derivation is not.

acclive, a.

Obs. rare

Rising with a slope, sloping upward, steep; = ACCLIVOUS, ACCLIVITOUS.

———-

acclivity

The upward slope of a hill; an ascending slope.

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