ascend

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (“to go up, climb up to”), from ad (“to”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈsɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd Hyphenation: as‧cend === Verb === ascend (third-person singular simple present ascends, present participle ascending, simple past and past participle ascended) (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar. (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction. (transitive) To go up. (ambitransitive) To succeed a ruler on (the throne). (intransitive, figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.). (transitive, music) To become higher in pitch. (incel slang, intramurally derogatory) To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship. 2022, Alyssa Jewel Davis, "Climbing the masculine hierarchy: Examining constructions of masculinity through incel identities", thesis submitted to Clemson University, page 35: Instead of using sexual conquest as an opportunity to “ascend,” these members advocated for pursuing internal self-improvement. 2023, Maria Brix Rasmussen, "The Lack of Love: The Sacred and the Suffering Experiences of Female Involuntary Celibates", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 57: Many femcels take extreme measures to 'ascend from femceldom', and Laura describes how she is in the process of improving her looks and personality. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ascend. ==== Antonyms ==== descend ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== climb ==== Further reading ==== “ascend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ascend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Dances, dances, decans, descan == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === ascend third-person singular present indicative of ascendre