Definition of ascend

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Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor..

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Stile :: Stile (v. i.) A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..
Smelt :: Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste..
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like..
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
Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
Sap :: Sap (n.) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition..
Line :: Line (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings..
Meteorize :: Meteorize (v. i.) To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor.
Steep :: Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient..
Ascendable :: Ascendable (a.) Capable of being ascended.
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps; to ascend.
Predominance :: Predominance (n.) The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.
Ascendance :: Ascendance (n.) Same as Ascendency.
Ascendent :: Ascendent (a.) Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
Ascendency :: Ascendency (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.
Wingless :: Wingless (a.) Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
Highering :: Highering (a.) Rising higher; ascending.
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