What is the meaning of the word "ascend"?

Definitions:

to appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils verb
- The spirit ascends.
to become king or queen verb
- They ascended to the throne after the previous monarch's death.
to come up, of celestial bodies verb
- Jupiter is ascending on the horizon.
to go along towards a river's source verb
- The boat ascended the Delaware.
to go back in order of genealogical succession verb
- Inheritance may not ascend linearly.
to move to a better position in life or to a better job verb
- They ascended from a life of poverty to one of great wealth and prestige.
to slope upwards verb
- The path ascended to the top of the hill.
to travel up verb
- We ascended the mountain.