ascend

IPA: ʌsˈɛnd

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
(intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.
(transitive) To go up.
(transitive, intransitive) To succeed a ruler on (the throne).
(intransitive, figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
(transitive, music) To become higher in pitch.
(incel slang) To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman.

Examples of "ascend" in Sentences

We went to Mexico yesterday to see a balloon ascend from the Plaza de Toros, with an aëronaut and his daughter; French people, I believe.
In few places is it out of one's power to ascend from a hot, burning plain to a delightful yeilāk, where one is revived by comparatively cool breezes.
The whole point of ancient Greek philosophy was to ascend from the cave of ancient Greek nomos to physis, which is why Socrates ended up drinking the hemlock.
Because of this, the evolutionary process will continue; the human race will ascend from the pit of apathy and greed and overpopulation and disease, and become strong again.
In April (2002) the trail was marked with white arrows painted on the rocks all the way to the top, it goes in a northwesterly direction around the mountain, the final ascend is from the west.
The Teat with the antennas is open field to the top if you ascend from the north, the Teat to the north is more of a challenge, circle it to the east and climb it where the slope appears less steep.
I have walked outside my hotel room every morning to watch as many as 78 (I lost count there) ascend from the field across the highway, and yesterday morning — the only morning I did not tote my camera — a balloon touched down in a small clearing behind the hotel, and they traded one passenger for another.