verb
    
    -cends; -cended; -cending
    
    formal :to go up :to rise or move toward the sky [no obj]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [no obj] :to slope or lead upward
    
    
    
    
    
    [no obj] :to rise to a higher or more powerful position in a government, company, etc.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    ascend (to) the throne
    
    to become a king or queen
    
    
    
    
    
    in ascending order
    
    If people or things are in ascending order, they are arranged in a series that begins with the least or smallest and ends with the greatest or largest.