To move upward, to fly, to soar.
He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
To slope in an upward direction.
To go up.
You ascend the stairs and take a right.
To succeed.
She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
To become higher in pitch.