ascend vs pure

ascend

verb
  • To become higher in pitch. 

  • To slope in an upward direction. 

  • To move upward, to fly, to soar. 

  • To succeed. 

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

  • To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman. 

  • To go up. 

  • To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc. 

pure

verb
  • to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately 

adj
  • Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. 

  • Free of foreign material or pollutants. 

  • Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. 

  • Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science. 

  • Mere; that and that only. 

  • Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant. 

  • A lot of. 

  • Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean. 

adv
  • to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly. 

noun
  • One who, or that which, is pure. 

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