Ascend(v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
Ascend(v. i.) 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.
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.
Ascendable(a.) Capable of being ascended.
Ascendance(n.) Same as Ascendency.
Ascendancy(n.) Alt. of Ascendance
Ascendant(a.) Alt. of Ascendent
Ascendant(n.) Ascent; height; elevation.
Ascendant(n.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
Ascendant(n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
Ascendant(n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.
Ascended(imp. & p. p.) of Ascend
Ascendency(n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.
Ascendent(a.) Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
Ascendent(a.) Rising; ascending.
Ascendent(a.) Superior; surpassing; ruling.
Ascendible(a.) Capable of being ascended; climbable.
Ascending(a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.
Ascending(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascend
Words within ascendingly