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Ascend vs Desend - What's the difference?

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ascend

English

(wikipedia ascend)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To move upward, to fly, to soar.
  • He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
  • To slope in an upward direction.
  • The road ascends the mountain.
  • To go up.
  • You ascend the stairs and take a right.
  • To succeed.
  • She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
  • (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
  • Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

    Antonyms

    * descend

    Anagrams

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    desend

    Not English

    Desend has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'desend':

    desmoid, descend, dogend, deigned, dugnad, desand, desmid, discind