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\ɐsˈɛnd], \ɐsˈɛnd], \ɐ_s_ˈɛ_n_d]\
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come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
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slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
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go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
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become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
By Princeton University
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come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
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slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
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go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
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become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.
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To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.
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To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; - opposed to descend.
By Oddity Software
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To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.
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To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.
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To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; - opposed to descend.
By Noah Webster.
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To take an upward direction; mount; go up; rise; to proceed from an inferior to a superior position.
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To move upward upon; climb; go toward the source of; as, to ascend a river.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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