• Ascend

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -É›nd

    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

    1. (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
    2. (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.The road ascends the mountain.
    3. (transitive) To go up.You ascend the stairs and take a right.
    4. (transitive) To succeed.She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
    5. (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

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