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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of ascend.

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Examples

  • But as he had ascended from the muck into rockier terrain, the barbarian had begun to feel more at ease.

    Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

  • Expedia's shares have ascended from the high teens in July to around $28 recently, though they declined modestly after the company surfaced among potential bidders for online travel agency Opodo Ltd.

    Expedia, Disney Attract Doubters Brendan Conway 2010

  • But as he had ascended from the muck into rockier terrain, the barbarian had begun to feel more at ease.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • By entering into (a) memory building, one ascended from the world in a state of contemplative love.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Orpheus ascended from the depths, his unconscious lover clutched tightly to his chest, his sythra on his back.

    Eurydice Redux | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008

  • It ist standardised since 1998, it es usable at least since two or three years, since the mobiles ascended from the WAP Ghetto.

    Scripting News for 9/14/2006 « Scripting News Annex 2006

  • This was a quarter of a century before Samuel de Champlain ascended the St. Lawrence on a similar quest.

    Mineral Resources of Northern Ontario 1923

  • So, giving Muriel into her father's arms, she led the way, and, a melancholy procession, we again ascended the hill to Rose Cottage door.

    John Halifax, Gentleman 1897

  • Left alone, Harry and his wife without a word ascended to their room and with one accord approached the little bed in the corner where their child lay asleep.

    Jewel Clara Louise Burnham 1890

  • Having thus far gained his point, with an apparently staggering, but really agile step, Edwin ascended the wall.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

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