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as·cend Audio Help   (ə-sěnd') Pronunciation Key
v.   as·cend·ed, as·cend·ing, as·cends

v.   intr.

To go or move upward; rise. See Synonyms at rise.
To slope upward.
To rise from a lower level or station; advance: ascended from poverty to great wealth; ascend to the throne.
To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession.

v. tr.

To move upward upon or along; climb: ascended the mountain.
To succeed to; occupy: ascended the throne upon the death of her father.

[Middle English ascenden, from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendere : ad-, ad- + scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots.]

as·cend'a·ble, as·cend'i·ble adj.

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