Ascend

as-send', v. i. To mount; to go up; to rise. — sun, cube, full; moon, f<56t; cow, oil; v.t. To go upward upon; to climb. — Ascend'ant, a. Above the horizon; superior; predominant, —n. Superior influence; an ancestor. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the time of one's birth. — Ascend'ency, n. Authority; sway; control. — Ascen's ion; n. Act of ascending; esp. the elevation of our Savior to heaven. — Ascent', n. The act of rising; way by which one ascends; an eminence or high place; the angle which an object makes with a horizontal line; inclination. ■ Ascertain, as-ser-tan', v. t. [ascertained (-tand'), -taining.] To make certain; to establish; to find out for a certainty.