ascend

verb8

1. •
   To move upward, to fly, to soar.

   • He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
2. •
   To go up.

   • You ascend the stairs and take a right.
3. •
   To succeed a ruler on (the throne).

   • She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
   • She ascended to the throne when her mother abdicated.
4. •
   To become higher in pitch.
5. •
   (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
6. •
   To slope in an upward direction.
7. •
   (slang) To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship.

   • Instead of using sexual conquest as an opportunity to “ascend,” these members advocated for pursuing internal self-improvement. — 2022
8. •
   To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

   • Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.