ascend

Verb

Meaning

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mount rise scale climb come up go up tower increase raise lift soar uprise climb up move up move upward
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Antonyms

descend set lower fall slip reduce
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Hypernyms

change move follow rise travel enter

Hyponyms

surface rise uprise come up rise up

Derivatives

ascended ascending

Anagrams

descan dances

Examples

An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by humility alone, without any other of the virtues. John Climacus

Learn the ABC of science before you try to ascend to its summit. Ivan Pavlov

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention. William Shakespeare

Many make the descent to eternal darkness but few ascend to heaven. Maori Proverb

It is easier to descend than ascend. German Proverb

Logic is the cement of our civilization, with which we ascend from chaos, using reason as our guide. Vulcan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Ascella Ascencio Ascencion ascend the throne ascendable ascendance