ascend
verb
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to travel up“We ascended the mountain.”
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to move to a better position in life or to a better job“They ascended from a life of poverty to one of great wealth and prestige.”rise
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to come up, of celestial bodies“Jupiter is ascending on the horizon.”rise
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to slope upwards“The path ascended to the top of the hill.”
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to go along towards a river's source“The boat ascended the Delaware.”
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to appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils“The spirit ascends.”climb up
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to become king or queen“They ascended to the throne after the previous monarch's death.”
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to go back in order of genealogical succession“Inheritance may not ascend linearly.”