Definition of ascend

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Ascend (v. i.) 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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House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.
Climb :: Climb (v. t.) To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount..
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
Lineage :: Lineage (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
Aeronautics :: Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
Declivity :: Declivity (n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity..
Ascending :: Ascending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascen.
Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface..
Twine :: Twine (v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine..
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps; to ascend.
Mountingly :: Mountingly (adv.) In an ascending manner.
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
Predominance :: Predominance (n.) The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.
Ascension :: Ascension (n.) An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation..
Predomination :: Predomination (n.) The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.
Introit :: Introit (n.) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
Smokejack :: Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
Ascending :: Ascending (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite..
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