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Pronunciation : As*cend"
Part of Speech : v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascending.]
Etymology : [L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb, mount. See Scan.]
Definition : 1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to Ant: descend. Higher yet that star ascends. Bowring. I ascend unto my father and your father. John xx. 17.

Note: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : As*cend"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913