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    Ascend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascending.] [L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb, mount. See Scan.]
    1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
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      Higher yet that star ascends.
      Bowring.

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      I ascend unto my father and your father.
      John xx. 17.

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      Formerly used with up.

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      The smoke of it ascended up to heaven.
      Addison.

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    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, 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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      Syn. -- To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.

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    Ascend, v. t. 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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