Show Ue Use of Word Vord Climb The verb eili climb Is correctly employed when used In reference to an nn ascent made with as by the use of both hands and feet One speaks correctly In sa ln lie ne climbed the Alps A feeble person or child climbs the stalls stabs If he Ill grasps rasps the handrail han hand rail to assist in raising himself from step to step A strong person walks or goes up lip the stairs Climbing Is the present participle of the verb climb The rhe Idioms to climb up to climb down to climb over O have all been heen accepted accept d usage usa e for many years ears In each the act of raising oneself or lowering oneself 1111 difficulty mm Is Implied These expressions have been In the language e for centuries To climb up dates from 1123 1121 to climb down from 1300 and to climb over from 1580 1550 They are so well established In the language that they are recognized as Literary Literary |