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as⋅cend⋅ing

  [uh-sen-ding]
Use ascending in a Sentence
–adjective
1. moving upward; rising.
2. Botany. growing or directed upward, esp. obliquely or in a curve from the base.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see ascend, -ing 2

Related forms:
as⋅cend⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

as⋅cend

  [uh-send]
–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

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   (ə-sěnd')   
v.   as·cend·ed, as·cend·ing, as·cends

v.   intr.
  1. To go or move upward; rise. See Synonyms at rise.
  2. To slope upward.
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance: ascended from poverty to great wealth; ascend to the throne.
  4. To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession.
v.   tr.
  1. To move upward upon or along; climb: ascended the mountain.
  2. 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.
as·cend·ing   (ə-sěn'dĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Moving, going, or growing upward: an ascending minor scale.
  2. Moving or progressing toward a higher level or degree: an ascending order of difficulty.
  3. Botany Growing or directing upward from a curved or slanted base, as certain plant stems.
as·cend'ing·ly adv.
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Ascending

As*cend"ing\, a. Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv.

Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. --Ferguson.

Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line direct ascending.

Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node. --Herschel.

Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term is greater than the preceding.

Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian.
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