Definitions
1.verbTo move upward, to fly, to soar."He ascended to heaven upon a cloud."
2.verbTo slope in an upward direction.
3.verbTo go up."You ascend the stairs and take a right."
4.verbTo succeed."She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated."
5.verbTo rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
6.verbTo trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.)."Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity."
7.verbTo become higher in pitch.