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verb (used without object)
1.
to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
2.
to slant upward.
3.
to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level: to ascend to the presidency.
4.
to go toward the source or beginning; go back in time.
5.
Music. to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to a higher one.
verb (used with object)
6.
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount: to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs.
7.
to gain or succeed to; acquire: to ascend the throne.
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Ascend
is always a great word to know.
So is sixteenth rest. Does it mean:
| rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note |
| dissonant chord |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English ascenden < Anglo-French ascendre < Latin ascendere to climb up, equivalent to a- a-5 + -scendere, combining form of scandere to climb. See scan
1350–1400; Middle English ascenden < Anglo-French ascendre < Latin ascendere to climb up, equivalent to a- a-5 + -scendere, combining form of scandere to climb. See scan
Related forms
as·cend·a·ble, as·cend·i·ble, adjective
re·as·cend, verb
un·as·cend·a·ble, adjective
un·as·cend·ed, adjective
Antonyms
1, 6. descend.
1, 6. descend.
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Example Sentences
- In this vertical wonderland it seems only right to ascend.
- You ascend several thousand feet, descend, then ascend again.
- Together, they ascend the long ladder and polish the stars to a gleaming brilliance.
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Word Origin & History
ascend
late 14c., from L. ascendere "to climb up," from ad- "to" + scandere "to climb" (see scan). An O.E. word for it was stigan.
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