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ascend

English

🔊 travel up
“We ascended the mountain”
🔊 move to a better position in life or to a better job
“She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown”
🔊 slope upwards
“The path ascended to the top of the hill”
🔊 go along towards (a river's) source
“The boat ascended the Delaware”
🔊 appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
“the vine climbed up the side of the house”
🔊 become king or queen
“She ascended to the throne after the King's death”
🔊 go back in order of genealogical succession
“Inheritance may not ascend linearly”
🔊 come up, of celestial bodies
“The sun also rises”