| Ascend (ascend) |
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| v. i. | ((?)) |
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| As*cend" |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Ascended] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Ascending.] [L. ascendere] ad + scandere to
climb, mount. See Scan.] |
To move upward; to
mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
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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| Ascend (ascend) |
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| v. t. | |
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| As*cend" |
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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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