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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ascend \As*cend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Ascending.] [L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb,
     mount. See Scan.]
     1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to
        descend.
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              Higher yet that star ascends.         --Bowring.
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              I ascend unto my father and your father. --John xx.
                                                    17.
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     Note: Formerly used with up.
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                 The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. --Addison.
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     2. 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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     Syn: To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ascend \As*cend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Ascending.] [L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb,
     mount. See Scan.]
     1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to
        descend.
  
              Higher yet that star ascends.         --Bowring.
  
              I ascend unto my father and your father. --John xx.
                                                    17.
  
     Note: Formerly used with up.
  
                 The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. --Addison.
  
     2. 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.
  
     Syn: To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ascended
     vb.
     (infl of en ascend  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ascended
     vb.
     (infl of en ascend  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ascended
     vb.
     (infl of en ascend  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ascended
     vb.
     (infl of en ascend  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ascended
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a scend ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ascended
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en ascend ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb ascend)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ascended /ɐsˈɛndɪd/
  صعد