— ascendable, ascendible , adj.
/euh send"/ , v.i.
1. to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
2. to slant upward.
3. to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level: to ascend to the presidency.
4. to go toward the source or beginning; go back in time.
5. Music. to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to a higher one.
v.t.
6. to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount: to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs.
7. to gain or succeed to; acquire: to ascend the throne.
[ 1350-1400; ME ascenden ascendre ascendere to climb up, equiv. to a- A- 5 + -scendere, comb. form of scandere to climb. See SCAN ]
Syn. 1. soar. 6. See climb .
Ant. 1, 6. descend.