ascend

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< Middle English ascenden < Latin ascendere (to go up, climb up to) < ad (to) + scandere (to climb); see scan, and cf. descend, transcend.

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Infinitive
to ascend

Third person singular
ascends

Simple past
ascended

Past participle
ascended

Present participle
ascending

to ascend (third-person singular simple present ascends, present participle ascending, simple past and past participle ascended)

  1. To go up, to fly, to soar.
    He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

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