ascend

Betekenis (English)

  1. To move upward, to fly, to soar.
  2. To slope in an upward direction.
  3. To go up.
  4. To succeed a ruler on (the throne).
  5. To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
  6. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
  7. To become higher in pitch.
  8. To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman.

Frekwensie

C2
Gekoppel as
as‧cend
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/əˈsɛnd/
Etimologie (English)

In summary

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.

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