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ascended

[uh-send]

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verb (used without object)

to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.

to slant upward.

to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level: to ascend to the presidency.

to go toward the source or beginning; go back in time.

Music. to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to a higher one.

verb (used with object)

to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount: to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs.

to gain or succeed to; acquire: to ascend the throne.

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Ascended is always a great word to know.

So is bezoar. Does it mean:

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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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

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

Synonyms
1. soar. 6. See climb.

Antonyms
1, 6. descend.

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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.