Noun

• S: (n) rise, ascent, ascension, ascending (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

Verb

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

Adjective

• S: (adj) ascending (moving or going or growing upward) "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"