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Definition of "ascend" []
- To go or move upward; rise. See Synonyms at rise. (verb-intransitive)
- To slope upward. (verb-intransitive)
- To rise from a lower level or station; advance: ascended from poverty to great wealth; ascend to the throne. (verb-intransitive)
- To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession. (verb-intransitive)
- To move upward upon or along; climb: ascended the mountain. (verb-transitive)
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Use "ascend" in a sentence
- "The whole point of ancient Greek philosophy was to ascend from the cave of ancient Greek nomos to physis, which is why Socrates ended up drinking the hemlock."
- "I have walked outside my hotel room every morning to watch as many as 78 (I lost count there) ascend from the field across the highway, and yesterday morning — the only morning I did not tote my camera — a balloon touched down in a small clearing behind the hotel, and they traded one passenger for another."
- "In April (2002) the trail was marked with white arrows painted on the rocks all the way to the top, it goes in a northwesterly direction around the mountain, the final ascend is from the west."