ascends

/AH0 S EH1 N D Z/

verb

1
To move upward, to fly, to soar.
“He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.”
2
To slope in an upward direction.
3
To go up.
“You ascend the stairs and take a right.”
4
To succeed.
“She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.”
5
To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
6
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
“Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.”
7
To become higher in pitch.

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