ascended

verb

1. 1

   To move upward, to fly, to soar.

   “He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.”

2. 2

   To slope in an upward direction.

3. 3

   To go up.

   “You ascend the stairs and take a right.”

4. 4

   To succeed.

   “She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.”

5. 5

   To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.

6. 6

   To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

   “Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.”

7. 7

   To become higher in pitch.