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The definition of ascend is defined as to move upward.

(verb)

To scale a mountain is an example of ascend.

See ascend in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to go up; move upward; rise
to proceed from a lower to a higher level or degree, as in rank, pitch, etc.
to slope or lead upward
to go back in time or line of ancestry

Origin: ME ascenden < OFr ascendre < L ascendere < ad-, to + scandere, to climb

transitive verb

to move upward along; mount; climb: to ascend stairs
to move toward the source of: to ascend a river
to succeed to (a throne)

Related Forms:

ascendable adjective or ascendible

See ascend in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb as·cend·ed, as·cend·ing, as·cends

verb, intransitive

To go or move upward; rise. See Synonyms at rise.
To slope upward.
To rise from a lower level or station; advance: ascended from poverty to great wealth; ascend to the throne.
To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession.

verb, transitive

To move upward upon or along; climb: ascended the mountain.
To succeed to; occupy: ascended the throne upon the death of her father.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ascenden

Origin: , from Old French ascendre

Origin: , from Latin ascendere

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

as·cendˈa·ble, as·cendˈi·ble adjective

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