Definition of: ascend

(ə-send′) v.i.
1. To go or move upward; rise.
2. To rise by degrees, as from particulars to generals, from the present to the past, from the lower to the higher notes of a musical scale, etc.
3. To lie along an ascending slope: The path ascends sharply here.
—v.t.
4. To move or slope upward on: to ascend a mountain. [<L ascendere <ad- to + scandere climb]
—as·cend′a·ble or ·i·ble adjective