ascend

verb

1. 1

   travel up, "We ascended the mountain"

   go up a ladder

   The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope

2. 2

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

   She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great

3. 3

   come up, of celestial bodies

   The sun also rises

   The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...

4. 4

   slope upwards

   The path ascended to the top of the hill

5. 5

   go along towards (a river's) source

   The boat ascended the Delaware

6. 6

   appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

   the vine climbed up the side of the house

7. 7

   become king or queen

   She ascended to the throne after the King's death

8. 8

   go back in order of genealogical succession

   Inheritance may not ascend linearly