ascend

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verb

V_es/s

ascends

V_ing/Gerund

ascending

V_ed/pp

ascended

1.
(intransitive)To move upward, to fly, to soar.
He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
2.
(intransitive)To slope in an upward direction.
3.
(transitive)To go up.
You ascend the stairs and take a right.
4.
(ambitransitive)To succeed a ruler on (the throne).
She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
She ascended to the throne when her mother abdicated.
5.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
6.
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
7.
(transitive)(transitive, music) To become higher in pitch.
8.
(incel slang, intramurally derogatory) To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship.
Instead of using sexual conquest as an opportunity to “ascend,” these members advocated for pursuing internal self-improvement.
Many femcels take extreme measures to 'ascend from femceldom', and Laura describes how she is in the process of improving her looks and personality.

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descend

Cùng gốc / liên quan

unascendedascendible,ascendablereascend ascent ascendantascendanceascendancy,ascendencyascendingascenderascensiontranscend climb

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (to go up, climb up to), from ad (to) + scandō (to climb); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.