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ASCEND

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ascend verb A. tranzitiv

1. a urca, a sui, a se urca pe, a se sui pe;

to ascend a mountain a urca un munte;

to ascend the throne a se urca pe tron.

2. a urca; a merge în susul (cu gen.);

to ascend a river a merge în susul râului.

ascend verb B. intranzitiv

1. a (se) urca; a se înălţa, a se sui.

2. (av.) a lua înălţime, a se înălţa.

3. (fig.) a se trage, a avea obârşia / originea.

4. a ajunge, a parveni.

5. to ascend to a) a ajunge la, a parveni la; b) a se trage de la, din;

his family ascends to the crusaders familia lui îşi are obârşia în epoca cruciaţilor.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Wolf Larsen answered, and as he started to ascend the stairs I cocked my revolver.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Together the two ascended the steps, and Lord Godalming pointed out what he wanted done.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

We ascended to his study, and he laid the débris before me.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Now then,” cried he, “let me ascend quickly.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Martin had ascended from pitch to pitch of intellectual living, and here he was at a higher pitch than ever.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

We crossed the ice, therefore, and ascended the opposite rock.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

We ascended the stairs and viewed the body.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, it is exactly behind the house; begins at a little distance, and ascends for half a mile to the extremity of the grounds.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

It was also accompanied by her that I had, nearly nine years ago, walked down the path I was now ascending.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

With their aid I am positive I could climb that detached pinnacle to the summit; but so long as the main cliff overhangs, it is vain to attempt ascending that.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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