To Ascend To  Verb Move Upward B From 

as·cend
 \\ə-ˈsend\\ verbintransitive verb
1.
  a. to move upward
      the balloon ascended
  b. to slope upward
2.
  a. to rise from a lower level or degree
      ascend to power
  b. to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession
transitive verb
1. to go or move up
    ascend a staircase
2. to succeed to : 

occupy

    ascend the throne
• as·cend·able or as·cend·ible  \\-ˈsen-də-bəl\\ adjective

as·cend
\əˈsend also aˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English ascenden, from Latin ascendere, adscendere, from ad- + -scendere (from scandere to climb) — more at 
intransitive verb
1. 
 a. : to move upward : go up sometimes by stages with gradual motion : become raised
  < ascended to Mistover by a circuitous and easy incline — Thomas Hardy >
  < ascend to the roof of her dwelling house — Lafcadio Hearn >
 b. : to appear above the horizon and approach the zenith
  < higher yet that star ascends — John Bowring >
 c. : to attain height through growth or construction : rise up : 
  < the city ascended … taking the firmness of its foundation for granted — Frederic Beck >
  < the redwood trees ascend over the others >
 d. : to slope upward : lie along a rising slope
  < the paths ascend through pine woods to the mountain lake >
2. 
 a. : to go up or upward from a lower level or degree : 
  < when man ceases to wander he will cease to ascend in the scale of being — A.N.Whitehead >
  < doomed always to ascend to power under the worst possible objective conditions — Arthur Koestler >
 b. : to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession
  < female kin in the ascending generations are excluded — Mary Tew >
 c. of a sound : to rise in pitch
transitive verb
1. : to go or move up, upon, along, to the top of, or over : , 
 < began to ascend the vale towards Mistover — Thomas Hardy >
 < ascended the river farther than any white man had been before — L.H.Bolander >
2. : to come to hold or occupy : succeed to
 < ascended the throne on the death of his father >
Synonyms: 
 , , : , a general term, lacks vivid connotation; it suggests merely upward movement, often with gradual or steady motion
  < to ascend a mountain >
  < an ascending elevator >
  , in its transitive uses particularly, implies getting up on something raised, something above the ground
  < to mount a horse >
  < the speaker mounting the platform >
  < the condemned king mounting the scaffold >
  Intransitively,  is a close synonym for 
  < as he proceeded south, his crossness seemed to mount with the temperature — Osbert Sitwell >
   may suggest sustained effort to reach a height or to go over something; it is especially likely to be used in situations involving clambering or scrambling
  < climbing out of the gulch >
  < climbing up the rigging >
  < climbing into the window >
   is likely to add to  notions of dexterity and adroitness, as of an alpinist, athlete, or especially trained ladderman
  < scaling the highest peaks >
  < the baron's men scaling the ramparts >
  < a fireman scaling the wall >
Synonym: see in addition .