Definition of ascend - WordReference.com Dictionary

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ascend
A	verb
	1	ascend, go up
			travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚ascend, go up ╚uprise ╚surface; come up; rise up; rise
	2	rise, come up, uprise, ascend
			come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚rise; lift; arise; move up; go up; come up; uprise ╚rise, come up, uprise, ascend
	3	ascend
			slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
		Category Tree: change ╚change shape; change form; deform ╚bend; flex ╚lean; tilt; tip; slant; angle ╚slope; incline; pitch ╚ascend
	4	ascend
			go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚follow; travel along ╚ascend
	5	ascend
			become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
		Category Tree: succeed; come after; follow ╚accede; enter ╚ascend
	6	ascend
			go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚originate; initiate; start ╚go back; date back; date from ╚ascend

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