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Meaning of ascend


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ascend
      v 1: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder";
           "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn:
           {ascend}, {go up}] [ant: {come down}, {descend}, {fall},
           {go down}]
      2: go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may
         not ascend linearly"
      3: become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the
         King's death"
      4: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the
         vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: {ascend}, {climb
         up}]
      5: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the
         Delaware"
      6: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
      7: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
         uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
         [syn: {rise}, {come up}, {uprise}, {ascend}] [ant: {go down},
         {go under}, {set}]
      8: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She
         ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn:
         {ascend}, {move up}, {rise}]


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