Difference between revisions of "Ascend"

<p> ASCEND', L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb. </p> 1. To move upwards to mount to go up to rise, whether in air or water, or upon a material object. 2. To rise, in a figurative sense to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, &c. 3. To proceed from modern to ancient times to recur to former ages as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity. 4. In a corresponding sense, to proceed in a line towards ancestors as, to ascend to our first progenitors. 5. To rise as a star to proceed or come above the horizon. 6. In music, to rise in vocal utterance to pass from any note to one more acute. <p> ASCEND', To go or move upwards upon, as to ascend a hill or ladder or to climb, as to ascend a tree. </p>