Definition of "ascend"

ascend

/əˈsɛnd/

verb
third-person singular simple present ascends, present participle ascending, simple past and past participle ascended
1. (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
2. (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.
3. (transitive) To go up.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To succeed a ruler on (the throne).
5. (intransitive, figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
6. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
7. (transitive, music) To become higher in pitch.
8. (incel slang) To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman.