ascend
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.
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.
Origin of ascend
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Other words from ascend
- as·cend·a·ble, as·cend·i·ble, adjective
- re·as·cend, verb
- un·as·cend·a·ble, adjective
- un·as·cend·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for ascend
/ (əˈsɛnd) /
to go or move up (a ladder, hill, slope, etc); mount; climb
(intr) to slope or incline upwards
(intr) to rise to a higher point, level, degree, etc
to follow (a river) upstream towards its source
to trace (a genealogy, etc) back in time
to sing or play (a scale, arpeggio, etc) from the lower to higher notes
ascend the throne to become king or queen
Origin of ascend
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