Meaning of ascend in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To move upward, to fly, to soar.

  Example: He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

• To slope in an upward direction.

• To go up.

  Example: You ascend the stairs and take a right.

• To succeed.

  Example: She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.

• To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.

• To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

  Example: Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

• To become higher in pitch.