ascend, go_up: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" ascend: go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" ascend: become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" ascend: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware" ascend: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" rise, come_up, uprise, ascend: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"