Meaning

• To move upward, to fly, to soar.

  "He ascended to heaven upon a cloud."

• To slope in an upward direction.

• To go up.

  "You ascend the stairs and take a right."

• To succeed.

  "She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated."

• To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.

• To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

  "Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity."

• To become higher in pitch.