Definition of Ascend

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Ascend

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.

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Ascend Quotations

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

I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it.
Joseph Smith, Jr.

As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.
Erich Fromm

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.
John Greenleaf Whittier

Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne, Some day hidden Truth be known; Some day - some sweet day.
Lewis J. Bates

Ascend Translations

ascend in Afrikaans is styg, opstaan, opgaan
ascend in Dutch is opgaan, opkomen, opstaan, rijzen
ascend in French is remonte
ascend in German is aufsteigen, aufsteigen, hinaufsteigen
ascend in Italian is esalare
ascend in Spanish is ascender, subir
ascend in Swedish is a, bestiga

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