3. ascend to rise to a higher point, rank, degree, etc.
4. ascend to go toward the source or beginning.
5. (v.t.)ascend to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount.
6. ascend to gain or succeed to: to ascend the throne.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < AF ascendre < L ascendere <a-a-5scandere to climb; see scan)
Definition of 'ascend'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)ascend, go up travel up, "We ascended the mountain" "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
2. (verb)ascend go back in order of genealogical succession "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
3. (verb)ascend become king or queen "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
4. (verb)ascend, climb up appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils "the vine climbed up the side of the house"
5. (verb)ascend go along towards (a river's) source "The boat ascended the Delaware"
6. (verb)ascend slope upwards "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
7. (verb)rise, come up, uprise, ascend come up, of celestial bodies "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
8. (verb)ascend, move up, rise move to a betterposition in life or to a better job "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
Definition of 'ascend'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)ascend to move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend
2. (verb)ascend to rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our firstprogenitor
3. (verb)ascend 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
Definitions of ascend 
Afrikaans: styg, opgaan
Arabic: يَصْعَد، يَتَسَلَّق
Bulgarian: изкачвам се
Brazilian: subir
Czech: (vy)stoupat
German: aufsteigen
Danish: bestige; gå opad
Greek: ανέρχομαι, ανεβαίνω
Spanish: subir, ascender, elevarse
Estonian: tõusma
Farsi: بالا رفتن؛ متصاعد شدن
Finnish: nousta
French: s'élever
Hebrew: לַעֲלוֹת, לְטַפֵּס
Hindi: चढ़ना, बढ़ना
Croatian: dizati se
Hungarian: felemelkedik
Indonesian: naik, mendaki
Icelandic: rísa, stíga upp
Italian: ascendere, salire
Japanese: 登る
Korean: 올라가다
Lithuanian: kopti, kilti, lipti
Latvian: kāpt(augšā); pacelties; u
Malay: naik
Dutch: (be)stijgen
Norwegian: gå/stige opp, klatre, bes
Polish: wznosić/unosić się
Persian: بالا رفتن؛ متصاعد شدن
Pashto: پورته تلل
Portuguese: subir
Romanian: a se ridica
Russian: подниматься
Slovak: stúpať
Slovenian: dvigati se
Serbian: popeti se
Swedish: bestiga, stiga
Thai: ปีน; ขึ้น
Turkish: yükselmek, çıkmak
Taiwanese: 上升
Ukrainian: підніматися, сходити на
Urdu: اوپر جانا
Vietnamese: đi lên; bốc lên
Chinese: 上升
