scend

climb, mount

Usage

  • transcendent

    Something that is transcendent not only surpasses all others in quality, achievement, or significance, but exceeds normal limits or boundaries.

  • condescend

    When people condescend, they behave in ways that show that they are supposedly more important or intelligent than other people.

  • descendant

    A descendant is someone's offspring or child; it is also someone who can be traced back to an ancestor.

  • descend

    When you descend something, such as stairs or a mountain, you go down it.

  • ascend

    When you ascend something, such as a mountain or a set of stairs, you go up or climb it.

  • ascendancy

    the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

  • ascendant

    tending or directed upward

  • ascension

    (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven

  • condescending

    (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

  • condescension

    the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior

  • transcend

    be greater in scope or size than some standard

  • transcendence

    a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience

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