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ascend v. [
go up] travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
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ascend v. go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
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ascend v. become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
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ascend v. [
climb up] appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house"
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ascend v. go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
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