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ascend

Verbs

• (v) travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
  • go up a ladder
  • The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
  go up,
• (v) go back in order of genealogical succession
  • Inheritance may not ascend linearly
• (v) become king or queen
  • She ascended to the throne after the King's death
• (v) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
  • the vine climbed up the side of the house
  climb up,
• (v) go along towards (a river's) source
  • The boat ascended the Delaware
• (v) slope upwards
  • The path ascended to the top of the hill
• (v) come up, of celestial bodies
  • The sun also rises
  • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
  • Jupiter ascends
  uprise, come up, rise,
• (v) move to a better position in life or to a better job
  • She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
  move up, rise,

Synonyms

go up climb up uprise come up rise move up

Antonyms

come down descend go down fall go under set

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