transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈsend ]
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 -ˈsen-də-bəl adjective