Ascend - Definition

v 1: 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]
2: go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may
not ascend linearly"
3: become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the
King's death"
4: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the
vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb
up]
5: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the
Delaware"
6: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
7: 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]
8: 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]