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as·cend (ə-sĕnd́)

[Middle English ascenden, from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendere, ad-, ad-, + scandere, to climb.]

verb: -cend·ed, -cend·ing, -cends. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To go or move upward; rise. See synonyms at rise
  2. To slope upward.
  3. To rise from a lower level or station; advance: ascended from poverty to great wealth; ascend to the throne.
  4. To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession.

transitive verb 

  1. To move upward upon or along; climb: ascended the mountain.
  2. To succeed to; occupy: ascended the throne upon the death of her father.

derivatives

as·cend́a·ble
adjective