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ASCEND', L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.
1. To move upwards to mount to go up to rise, whether in air or water, or upon a material object.
2. To rise, in a figurative sense to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, &c.
3. To proceed from modern to ancient times to recur to former ages as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
4. In a corresponding sense, to proceed in a line towards ancestors as, to ascend to our first progenitors.
5. To rise as a star to proceed or come above the horizon.
6. In music, to rise in vocal utterance to pass from any note to one more acute.
ASCEND', To go or move upwards upon, as to ascend a hill or ladder or to climb, as to ascend a tree.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Ascend'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​a/ascend.html.
Entry for 'Ascend'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​a/ascend.html.