ASCEND


Meaning of ASCEND in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.