ascend
ascend
(verb)
1: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn: go up] [ant: descend]
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: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
5: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
6: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise] [ant: set]