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Definition of Ascend
1. Verb. Travel up,. "The airplane is sure to ascend "; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Come Up, Rise, Rise Up, Surface, Uprise
Derivative terms: Ascendable, Ascendant, Ascender, Ascension, Ascension, Ascensive, Ascent, Ascent
Antonyms: Descend
2. Verb. Go back in order of genealogical succession. "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
3. Verb. Become king or queen. "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
4. Verb. Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils. "The vine climbed up the side of the house"
5. Verb. Go along towards (a river's) source. "The boat ascended the Delaware"
6. Verb. Slope upwards. "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
Derivative terms: Ascendant, Ascendent, Ascender, Ascensive, Ascent
7. Verb. Come up, of celestial bodies. "The moon will soon ascend "; "Jupiter ascends"
Category relationships: Astronomy, Uranology
Generic synonyms: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Derivative terms: Ascendent, Ascension, Rise
Antonyms: Set
8. Verb. Move to a better position in life or to a better job. "Sam and Sue ascend"; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great"
Definition of Ascend
1. v. i. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
2. v. 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.
Definition of Ascend
1. Verb. (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To go up. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To succeed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ascend
1. to go or move upward [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Ascend
1. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)