Ascend
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
Origin
From Middle English ascenden, from Latin ascendere ("to go up, climb up to"), from ad ("to") + scandere ("to climb"); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.
Full definition of ascend
Verb
- (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
- (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.The road ascends the mountain.
- (transitive) To go up.You ascend the stairs and take a right.
- (transitive) To succeed.She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
- (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.