ascend

verb
/əˈsɛnd/

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.

  1. derived from ascendō
  2. derived from ascendre
  3. inherited from ascenden

Definitions

  1. To move upward, to fly, to soar.

    • He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
  2. To slope in an upward direction.

  3. To go up.

    • You ascend the stairs and take a right.
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. To succeed a ruler on (the throne).

      • She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
      • She ascended to the throne when her mother abdicated.
    2. To rise

      To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.

    3. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes,…

      To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

      • Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
    4. To become higher in pitch.

    5. To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual…

      To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship.

      • Instead of using sexual conquest as an opportunity to “ascend,” these members advocated for pursuing internal self-improvement.
      • As such, race and class are not only factors in attractiveness (i.e. “Just Be White” and “job/career maxxing” are often used in the forums), but is also a factor when incels discuss ways for them to “ascend” and leave their incel status.
      • Many femcels take extreme measures to 'ascend from femceldom', and Laura describes how she is in the process of improving her looks and personality.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ascend. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ascend. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at ascend

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA