v.
Pronunciation: ə - ' send
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ascendere, from ad- + scandere to climb ― more at SCAN
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb
1 a : to move upward <the balloon ascend ed > b : to slope upward
2 a : to rise from a lower level or degree < ascend to power> b : to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession
transitive verb
1 : to go or move up < ascend a staircase>
2 : to succeed to : OCCUPY < ascend the throne>
– as · cend · able or as · cend · ible \ - ' sen-d ə -b ə l \ adjective