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Definition of Ascend

1. Verb. Travel up,. "The airplane is sure to ascend "; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"

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"

7. Verb. Come up, of celestial bodies. "The moon will soon ascend "; "Jupiter ascends"

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascend

ascaridia ascaridiasis ascaridida ascaridida infections ascaridoidea ascaridole ascaridoles ascarids ascaris ascaris suum

ascaron ascaroside ascarosides ascarylose ascaunt ascend (current term) ascendable ascendance ascendances ascendancies

ascendancy ascendant ascendantly ascendants ascended ascendence ascendences ascendencies ascendency ascendens

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