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Definitions for Ascend
[1] to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
[2] to slant upward.
[3] to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level: to ascend to the presidency.
[4] to go toward the source or beginning; go back in time.
[5] Music . to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to a higher one.
[6] to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount: to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs.
[7] to gain or succeed to; acquire: to ascend the throne.
[8] to go or move up (a ladder, hill, slope, etc); mount; climb
[9] (intr) to slope or incline upwards
[10] (intr) to rise to a higher point, level, degree, etc
[11] to follow (a river) upstream towards its source
[12] to trace (a genealogy, etc) back in time
[13] to sing or play (a scale, arpeggio, etc) from the lower to higher notes
[14] ascend the throne to become king or queen
Words related to Ascend
escalate, climb, soar, fly, rise, sprout, mount, float, scale, arise, tower
Words nearby Ascend
ascarid, ascarididae, ascaridole, ascaris, ascaris lumbricoides, ascend, ascendancy, ascendant, ascender, ascendeur, ascending
Origin of Ascend
1350–1400; Middle English ascenden < Anglo-French ascendre < Latin ascendere to climb up, equivalent to a- a-5 + -scendere, combining form of scandere to climb. See scan
Other words from Ascend
as·cend·a·ble , as·cend·i·ble , adjective
re·as·cend , verb
un·as·cend·a·ble , adjective
un·as·cend·ed , adjective
Word origin for Ascend
C14: from Latin ascendere, from scandere
Synonyms for Ascend
climb, escalate, lift off, move up, soar, take off, arise, float, fly, mount, rise, scale, sprout, tower