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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.

[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

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—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 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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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

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
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

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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> <ascending and descending tracts> b : to affect the extremities and especially the lower limbs first and then the central nervous system <ascending 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.

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