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(1):

(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.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; - opposed to descend.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ascend'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ascend.html. 1828.
 
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