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Webster 1913 Edition

Ascend

As-cend′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ascended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ascending
.]
[L.
ascendere
;
ad
+
scandere
to climb, mount. See
Scan
.]
1.
To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; – opposed to
descend
.
Higher yet that star
ascends
.
Bowring.
I
ascend
unto my father and your father.
John xx. 17.
Formerly used with up.
The smoke of it
ascended up
to heaven.
Addison.
2.
To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.;
as, our inquiries
ascend
to the remotest antiquity; to
ascend
to our first progenitor.
Syn. – To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.

As-cend′

,
Verb.
T.
To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of;
as, to
ascend
a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ascend

ASCEND'

,
Verb.
I.
[L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.]
1.
To move upwards; to mount; to go up; to rise, whether in air or water, or upon a material object.
2.
To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, &c.
3.
To proceed from modern to ancient times; to recur to former ages; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
4.
In a corresponding sense, to proceed in a line towards ancestors; as, to ascend to our first progenitors.
5.
To rise as a star; to proceed or come above the horizon.
6.
In music, to rise in vocal utterance; to pass from any note to one more acute.

ASCEND'

,
Verb.
T.
To go or move upwards upon, as to ascend a hill or ladder; or to climb, as to ascend a tree.

Definition 2024

ascend

ascend

English

Verb

ascend ‎(third-person singular simple present ascends, present participle ascending, simple past and past participle ascended)

  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. (figuratively) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
    Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

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External links

  • ascend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • ascend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Verb

ascend

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ascendre

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

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