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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (8)

1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain";
- Example: "go up a ladder"
- Example: "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
[syn: ascend, go up]

2. go back in order of genealogical succession;
- Example: "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

3. become king or queen;
- Example: "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"

4. appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils;
- Example: "the vine climbed up the side of the house"
[syn: ascend, climb up]

5. go along towards (a river's) source;
- Example: "The boat ascended the Delaware"

6. slope upwards;
- Example: "The path ascended to the top of the hill"

7. come up, of celestial bodies;
- Example: "The sun also rises"
- Example: "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
- Example: "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend]

8. move to a better position in life or to a better job;
- Example: "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
[syn: ascend, move up, rise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ascend \As*cend"\, 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ascend \As*cend"\, v. 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.
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            Higher yet that star ascends.         --Bowring.
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            I ascend unto my father and your father. --John xx.
                                                  17.
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   Note: Formerly used with up.
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               The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. --Addison.
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   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.
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   Syn: To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ascend
    v 1: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder";
         "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn:
         ascend, go up] [ant: come down, descend, fall,
         go down]
    2: go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may
       not ascend linearly"
    3: become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the
       King's death"
    4: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the
       vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb
       up]
    5: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the
       Delaware"
    6: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
    7: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
       uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
       [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down,
       go under, set]
    8: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She
       ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn:
       ascend, move up, rise]