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v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascending. ] [ L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb, mount. See Scan. ] 1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Higher yet that star ascends. Bowring. [ 1913 Webster ]

I ascend unto my father and your father. John xx. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Formerly used with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being ascended. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Ascendency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere. ] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hence the phrases
To be in the ascendant, to have commanding power or influence, and
Lord of the ascendant, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the ascendant. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Governing or controlling influence; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; domination; power. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination; dominance; ascendance; ascendence. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rising; ascending. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Superior; surpassing; ruling. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ascendant spirit over him. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. tending or directed upward.
Syn. -- ascendant, ascensive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage. John Ruskin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having the most important influence.
Syn. -- ascendant, dominating, prestigious. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. position or state of being dominant or in control. that idea was in the ascendant.
Syn. -- ascendant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent).
Syn. -- ancestor, ascendant, antecedent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. ascendibilis. ] Capable of being ascended; climbable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. --
Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line direct ascending. --
Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node. Herschel. --
Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term is greater than the preceding. --
Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr. ascendere. See Ascend. ] 1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ascension Day, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy Thursday. --
Right ascension (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or in time. --
Oblique ascension (Astron.), an arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, in an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is little used in modern astronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ascensional difference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ascend. ] 1. Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Augmentative; intensive. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent. ] 1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

To him with swift ascent he up returned. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The way or means by which one ascends. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An eminence, hill, or high place. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to be born. ] 1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is born or produced with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of growing together. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born together; produced at the same time. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Damascenus of Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. Damasko`s. See Damask, and cf. Damaskeen, Damaskin, Damson. ] Of or relating to Damascus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. “Damascened armor.” Beaconsfield. “Cast and damascened steel.” Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; as, a damascened sword.
Syn. -- damascene. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. depascens, p. pr. of depascere; de- + pascere to feed. ] Feeding. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born. ] Coming into being; nascent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nascentia. See Nascent. ] State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nascens, -entis, p. pr. nasci to be born. See Nation, and cf. Naissant. ] 1. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Nascent passions and anxieties. Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nascent state (Chem.), the fleeting or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound, and not yet united with another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong reducer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Parascenia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; para` beside + &unr_; stage. ] (Greek & Rom. Antiq.) One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To rise, mount, or climb again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again. [ 1913 Webster ]

He mounts aloft, and reascends the skies. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reascending; a remounting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Renascent, and cf. Renaissance. ] 1. The state of being renascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Read the Phœnix, and see how the single image of renascence is varied. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Renaissance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being renascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. renascens, p. pr. of renasci to be born again; pref. re- re- + nasci to be born. See Nascent. ] 1. Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Renaissant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subnascens, p. pr. of subnasci to grow under; sub under + nasci to be born. ] Growing underneath. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]