ascend

Meaning

Verb

• To move upward, to fly, to soar.
• To slope in an upward direction.
• To go up.
• To succeed.
• To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
• To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
• To become higher in pitch.

Related

Opposite words

• descend

Origin

• From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō ("to go up, climb up to"), from ad + scandō; see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.