Definition of ascend

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Ascend (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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Ascendent :: Ascendent (a.) Rising; ascending.
Metamorphist :: Metamorphist (n.) One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into the Deity when he ascended.
Skyrocket :: Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
Uprun :: Uprun (v. i.) To run up; to ascend.
Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..
Inflential :: Inflential (a.) Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc..
Ascension :: Ascension (n.) The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
Ascendent :: Ascendent (a.) Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder..
Clamber :: Clamber (v. t.) To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Ascend :: 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..
Upclimb :: Upclimb (v. t. & i.) To climb up; to ascend.
Scale :: Scale (n.) Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being..
Ascendancy :: Ascendancy (n.) Alt. of Ascendanc.
Ascendant :: Ascendant (a.) Alt. of Ascenden.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.
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