late 14c., from Latin ascendere "to climb up, mount, ascend," figuratively "to rise, reach," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + scandere "to climb" (see scan (v.)). Also [..]

to go up.

travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" go back in ord [..]

To move upward in a flight vehicle, often directly upward in a near-vertical trajectory, as opposed to the more gradual trajectory of a climb.

to go up; to move upward

If you reach the extreme point of ascent, or top of steps, without stumbling, it is good; otherwise, you will have obstacles to overcome before the good of the day is found.   

(v) travel up,(v) move to a better position in life or to a better job(v) slope upwards(v) become king or queen(v) go along towards (a river's) source(v) go back in order of genealogical successi [..]

To rise in pitch.

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar. ''He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.'' (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction. ''The road ascends the mountain.'' (transitive) To go [..]

Once the manufacturer of computer modems, Ascend was sold to Lucent Technologies on June 1999.