1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; — opposed to Ant:
descend.
Higher yet that star ascends. Bowring.
I ascend unto my father and your father. John xx. 17.
Note: Formerly used with up.
The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. Addison.
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.
Syn.
— To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.
ASCEND
As*cend", v. t.
Defn: 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
As*cend"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being ascended.
ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
As*cend"an*cy, As*cend"ance, n.
Defn: Same as Ascendency.