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

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Oh, for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

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