Verb	1.	ascend - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" go up go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" rise up, surface, come up, rise - come to the surface uprise - ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church" come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
	2.	ascend - go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" date back, date from, go back - belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"
	3.	ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" accede, enter - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
	4.	ascend - appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house" climb up
	5.	ascend - go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware" travel along, follow - travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail"
	6.	ascend - slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
	7.	ascend - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" uprise, come up, rise astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
	8.	ascend - move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great move up, rise change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

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rísa, stíga upp

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ascend

to climb, go, or rise up. The smoke ascended into the air.

control or power (over). They have the ascendancy over the other political groups.

1. the act of climbing or going up. The ascent of Mount Everest.

2. a slope upwards. a steep ascent.

to be crowned king or queen.

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