ascend

1. v. i. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend. Source: opted

2. v. i. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor. Source: opted

3. v. t. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne. Source: opted

4. v. travel up Source: wordnet

5. v. go back in order of genealogical succession Source: wordnet

6. v. become king or queen Source: wordnet

7. v. go along towards (a river's) source Source: wordnet

8. v. slope upwards Source: wordnet

9. v. come up, of celestial bodies Source: wordnet

10. v. move to a better position in life or to a better job Source: wordnet

11. v. go upward with gradual or continuous progress Source: wordnet

12. 1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to Ant: descend. Higher yet that star ascends. Bowring. I ascend unto my father and your father. John xx. 17. Note: Formerly used with up. The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. Addison. 2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor. Syn. -- To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne. Source: webster

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