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ascend

verbeattesté dans les dialogues

  • //əˈsɛnd//

To move upward, to fly, to soar.

verbe

  1. 1

    To move upward, to fly, to soar.

    He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

  2. 2

    To slope in an upward direction.

  3. 3

    To go up.

    You ascend the stairs and take a right.

  4. 4

    To succeed a ruler on (the throne).

    She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.

    She ascended to the throne when her mother abdicated.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

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

    Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

  7. 7

    To become higher in pitch.

  8. 8

    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.

Étymologie

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.

Formes

passé
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participe passé
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participe présent
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3ᵉ personne du singulier
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Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

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