verb (v)

• travel up,(verb.motion)

  Example:
  We ascended the mountain.
  The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope.
  

  Synonym:
  go up
  Antonym:
  come down, descend, fall, go down
  

  source: wordnet30
• go back in order of genealogical succession(verb.stative)

  Example:
  Inheritance may not ascend linearly.
  

  source: wordnet30
• become king or queen(verb.social)

  Example:
  She ascended to the throne after the King's death.
  

  source: wordnet30
• appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils(verb.motion)

  source: wordnet30
• go along towards (a river's) source(verb.motion)

  Example:
  The boat ascended the Delaware.
  

  source: wordnet30
• slope upwards(verb.motion)

  Example:
  The path ascended to the top of the hill.
  

  source: wordnet30
• come up, of celestial bodies(verb.motion)

  Example:
  Jupiter ascends.
  

  Synonym:
  come up, rise, uprise
  Antonym:
  go down, go under, set
  

  source: wordnet30
• move to a better position in life or to a better job(verb.motion)

  Example:
  She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great.
  

  Synonym:
  move up, rise
  

  source: wordnet30
• To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.(verb)

  source: webster1913