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ascend

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/ əˈsɛnd /
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verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount: to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs.
to gain or succeed to; acquire: to ascend the throne.

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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

synonym study for ascend

6. See climb.

OTHER WORDS FROM ascend

as·cend·a·ble, as·cend·i·ble, adjectivere·as·cend, verbun·as·cend·a·ble, adjectiveun·as·cend·ed, adjective

Words nearby ascend

ascarid, Ascarididae, ascaridole, ascaris, Ascaris lumbricoides, ascend, ascendancy, ascendant, ascender, ascendeur, ascending
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Words related to ascend

take off, escalate, climb, soar, move up, lift off, fly, rise, sprout, mount, float, scale, arise, tower

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British Dictionary definitions for ascend

ascend
/ (əˈsɛnd) /

verb

Word Origin for ascend

C14: from Latin ascendere, from scandere
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