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Audio Help / əˈsɛnd / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ uh -send ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used without object) 1. to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
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.
[Origin:
1350–1400; ME
ascenden < AF
ascendre < L
ascendere to climb up, equiv. to
a- a- 5 +
-scendere, comb. form of
scandere to climb.
See scan ]
—Related forms as·cend·a·ble, as·cend·i·ble, adjective
—Synonyms 1 . soar.
6 . See climb. —Antonyms 1, 6 . descend.
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as·cend
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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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ascend
1382, from L. ascendere "to climb up," from ad- "to" + scandere "to climb." An O.E. word for it was stigan . Ascent is 1607, on model of descent. Ascension (c.1315) is the celebration of the ascent of Christ into heaven on the 40th day after the resurrection.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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ascend verb 1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [ant: come down ] 2. go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" 3. become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" 4. appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house" 5. go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware" 6. slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" 7. come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise ] [ant: go down ] 8. move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
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ascend [əˈsend] verb
to climb, go, or rise up
Example:
The smoke ascended into the air.
Arabic: يَصْعَد، يَتَسَلَّق
Chinese (Simplified): 上升
Chinese (Traditional): 上升
Czech: (vy)stoupat
Danish: bestige; gå opad
Dutch: (be)stijgen
Estonian: tõusma
Finnish: nousta
French: s'élever
German: aufsteigen
Greek: ανέρχομαι, ανεβαίνω
Hungarian: felemelkedik
Icelandic: rísa, stíga upp
Indonesian: naik, mendaki
Italian: ascendere, salire
Japanese: 登る
Korean: 올라가다
Latvian: kāpt(augšā); pacelties; uzlēkt
Lithuanian: kopti, kilti, lipti
Norwegian: gå, *stige opp, klatre, bestige
Polish: wznosić, *unosić się
Portuguese (Brazil): subir
Portuguese (Portugal): subir
Romanian: a se ridica
Russian: подниматься
Slovak: stúpať
Slovenian: dvigati se
Spanish: subir, ascender, elevarse
Swedish: bestiga, stiga
Turkish: yükselmek, çıkmak
See also: ascendancy/ascendency ,
ascent ,
ascend the throne
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Main Entry: as·cend Pronunciation: &-'send Function: intransitive verb : to move upward: as a : to conduct nerve impulses toward
or to the brain <nerve fibers that ascend to a nucleus of the brain> <ascend ing and descending tracts> b : to affect the extremities and especially the
lower limbs first and then the central nervous system <ascend ing paralysis>
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Ascend
As*cend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Ascended ; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ascending .] [L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb, mount. See
Scan .]
1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to
descend .
Higher yet that star ascends. --Bowring.
I ascend unto my father and your father. --John xx. 17.
Note: Formerly used with up.
The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. --Addison.
2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.
Syn: To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.
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Ascend
As*cend"\, v. t. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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