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ascend

/əˈsɛnd/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To move upward, to fly, to soar.
  2. To slope in an upward direction.
  3. To go up.
  4. To succeed.
  5. To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
  6. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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