The Only Use of
ascend
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed,
Ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her.
But, look, thou stay not till the watch be set,p. 156.5ascend = go up
Definitions:
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(1)
(ascend as in: ascend the mountain) to move or slope upward -- sometimes figuratively as when climbing the corporate ladder
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(2)
(ascend as in: in ascending order) move up a scale -- as from smaller numbers to larger, or lower notes to higher
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(3)
(ascend as in: ascend higher figuratively) figuratively, to rise to a better situation