Definition of ascend

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Ascend (v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

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Anamorphism :: Anamorphism (n.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending..
Throat :: Throat (n.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like..
Uphill :: Uphill (a.) Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road..
Run :: Run (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold..
Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts..
Anadrom :: Anadrom (n.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.
House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in
Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..
Reascend :: Reascend (v. t.) To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again.
Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
Ascendency :: Ascendency (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.
Dominancy :: Dominancy (n.) Predominance; ascendency; authority.
Clamber :: Clamber (v. t.) To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort..
Twine :: Twine (v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine..
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another..
Reascension :: Reascension (n.) The act of reascending; a remounting.
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant..
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