Added 9 October 2026
ascend
/əˈsɛnd/ verb
Latin root: ascendō Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ascend at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Travel up.
We ascended the mountain
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Go back in order of genealogical succession.
Inheritance may not ascend linearly
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Become king or queen.
She ascended to the throne after the King's death
Origin
From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (“to go up, climb up to”), from ad (“to”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.
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