To move upwards; to mount; to go up; to rise, whether in air or water, or upon a material object.

To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals.

To proceed from modern to ancient times; to recur to former ages; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

In a corresponding sense, to proceed in a line towards ancestors; as, to ascend to our first progenitors.

To rise as a Star; to proceed or come above the horizon.

In music, to rise in vocal utterance; to pass from any note to one more acute.

To go or move upwards upon, as to ascend a hill or ladder; or to climb, as to ascend a tree.