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travel up,
"We ascended the mountain"
"go up a ladder"
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
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go back in order of genealogical succession;
"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
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become king or queen;
"She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
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appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils;
"the vine climbed up the side of the house"
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go along towards (a river's) source;
"The boat ascended the Delaware"
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slope upwards;
"The path ascended to the top of the hill"
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come up, of celestial bodies;
"The sun also rises"
"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
"Jupiter ascends"
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move to a better position in life or to a better job;