Definition of ascendens
1. ascend [ v ] travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
Examples:
"go up a ladder"
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)
Mark asked , and Abel lifted his eyes from the double lines in the middle of the road , the twin white ribbons which the car swallowed rapidly as it ascended the crest of the hill and came_down .
(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)
Times_Square , when I ascended to_it with my fellow subway travellers ( all dressed as if for a huge wedding in a family of which we were all distant members ) , was nearly impassable , the sidewalks swarming_with celebrants , with bundled_up sailors and soldiers already hugging their girls and their rationed bottles of whiskey .
Synonyms ascend go_up Related Terms descend travel surface uprise rise rise ascender2. ascend [ v ] become king or queen
Examples:
"She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
3. ascend [ v ] go along towards (a river's) source
Examples:
"The boat ascended the Delaware"
4. ascend [ v ] go back in order of genealogical succession
Examples:
"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
5. ascend [ v ] come up, of celestial bodies
Examples:
"The sun also rises": "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
"Jupiter ascends"
6. ascend [ v ] slope upwards
Examples:
"The path ascended to the top of the hill"
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