ascend

/ə-ˈsend/

Middle English, from Latin ascendere, from ad- + scandere to climb

verb

  1. to move upward

  2. to slope upward

  3. to conduct nerve impulses toward or to the brain

the balloon ascended

The path ascends through the woods.

idiom

  1. to become a king or queen

He ascended the throne after the death of his father.