Verb (used without object) : The airplane ascended into the clouds. ,to ascend to the presidency.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs. ,to ascend the throne.    From Dictionary.com. 

Jonas, bolder than any of the Persians, had gone up the breach to the very top of the castle wall, and told us it was as easily ascendible as.    From Wordnik.com.  [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference