ascend

verb

1. travel up,

   verb.motion

   Examples

   We ascended the mountain.

   The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope.

   Synonyms go up

   Antonyms come down descend fall go down

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. go back in order of genealogical succession

   verb.stative

   Examples

   Inheritance may not ascend linearly.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. become king or queen

   verb.social

   Examples

   She ascended to the throne after the King's death.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

   verb.motion

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. go along towards (a river's) source

   verb.motion

   Examples

   The boat ascended the Delaware.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. slope upwards

   verb.motion

   Examples

   The path ascended to the top of the hill.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. come up, of celestial bodies

   verb.motion

   Examples

   Jupiter ascends.

   Synonyms come up rise uprise

   Antonyms go down go under set

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. move to a better position in life or to a better job

   verb.motion

   Examples

   She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great.

   Synonyms move up rise

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to <i>descend</i>.

   verb

   Source: webster1913

10. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to <i>ascend</i> a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.

    verb

    Source: webster1913