ascend
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Middle English ascenden < Latin ascendere (“‘to go up, climb up to’”) < ad (“‘to’”) + scandere (“‘to climb’”); see scan, and cf. descend, transcend.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛnd
[edit] Verb
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to ascend (third-person singular simple present ascends, present participle ascending, simple past and past participle ascended)
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to go up, to fly, to soar
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[edit] External links
- ascend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ascend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
