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ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

travel up

Type	Words
Synonyms	go up
Type of	travel, go, locomote, move
Has types	surface, come up, uprise, rise up, rise
Derivation	ascendant, ascender, ascension, ascensive, ascent, ascendable

We ascended the mountain.

The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope.

ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

come up, of celestial bodies

Type	Words
Synonyms	come up, rise, uprise
Type of	uprise, arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise
Derivation	ascendent, ascension

Jupiter ascends.

ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

move to a better position in life or to a better job

Type	Words
Synonyms	move up, rise
Type of	change

She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown.

ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

Type	Words
Synonyms	climb up

ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

become king or queen

Type	Words
Type of	enter, accede
Derivation	ascendancy

She ascended to the throne after the King's death.

ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

go along towards (a river's) source

Type	Words
Type of	follow, travel along

The boat ascended the Delaware.

ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

go back in order of genealogical succession

Type	Words
Type of	date back, go back, date from

Inheritance may not ascend linearly.

ascend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

ascend

/ə'sɛnd/

slope upwards

Type	Words
Type of	incline, slope, pitch
Derivation	ascendant, ascendent, ascender, ascensive, ascent

The path ascended to the top of the hill.