ascend

ascend, climb, mount

动词 ascend:

1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
   同义词：go up
2. go back in order of genealogical succession
3. become king or queen
4. go along towards (a river's) source
5. slope upwards
6. come up, of celestial bodies
   同义词：rise, come up, uprise

1. The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or progression; a culmination.
   顶点，最高点在上升的序列或过程中达到的最大强度或力量; 极点
2. The airplane ascended higher and higher.
   飞机渐渐升高。

as.cend

v.（动词）
as.cend.ed,as.cend.ing,as.cends
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To go or move upward; rise.See Synonyms at rise
上升：向上走或移动；升起参见 rise
To slope upward.
爬坡：倾斜而上
v.tr.（及物动词）
To move upward upon or along; climb:
攀登：在…之上移动或沿…往上移动；攀登：
例句：
ascended the mountain.
登山

To succeed to; occupy:
继承；占领：
例句：
ascended the throne upon the death of her father.
在她父亲去世后继承王位

来源：
Middle English ascenden
中古英语 ascenden
from Old French ascendre
源自 古法语 ascendre
from Latin ascendere
源自 拉丁语 ascendere
ad- [ad-]
ad- [前缀，表.朝，向.]
scandere [to climb] * see skand-
scandere [爬] *参见 skand-

【引伸】
ascend.able 或
ascend.ible
adj.（形容词）