'ascend' definitions:

Travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn: ascend, go up] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]

Go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

Become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"

Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb up]

Go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"

Slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"

Come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set]

Move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn: ascend, move up, rise]