ascensor

noun

1. (rare)An elevator.

   “He is even more slow than the ascensors of the italian hotels. And, par dessus le marché, above the market, one sees on the door the american word “Elevator,” that which is the most rapid ascensor of the world!”

   “With the construction of the present system of ascensors or elevators the worst drawback to hill life was done away with. […] I believe that the Valparaiso women owe their fine figures largely to hill climbing, a good deal of which is still necessary in parts to which the ascensors do not reach.”

   “We have an ascensor in our pension. The big concierge puts me in, locks the door, unlocks the catch, and lets it go. When it gets to my floor it is supposed to stop, and in the same breath to have its door unfastened, and all I have to do is to walk out. Sometimes, however, it stops midway between floors, and then I wish I had walked up. I find Roman and Spanish steps just as fatiguing to climb as any others, and patronize the ascensors with vigor.”

   “The upper city, or Cidade Alta, is reached by a long winding road, or by means of the ascensors, or elevators, of which there are several. […] Here and there moved streaks of light as the electric cars dashed along; and again, similar streaks moved up and down as the ascensors carried their loads.”