Answer: ascends

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ASCENDSGoes up.
ascendsASCEND, to rise (to move upward)
ascendsto climb; move upward
ASCENDSMoves heavenward
ASCENDSDoes half of a mountaineering expedition
ASCENDSIs on the up and up?
ASCENDSTakes off
ASCENDSDoes well
ASCENDSHeads up
ASCENDSIs caught up in the Rapture, e.g.
ASCENDSScales, as a ladder
ASCENDSClimbs up
ASCENDSTakes the high road
ASCENDSSlopes upward
ASCENDSRises.
ASCENDSSoars.
ASCENDSGets high
ASCENDSGains altitude
ASCENDSRises slowly
ASCENDSEscalates
ASCENDSMoves upward
ASCENDSGoes up
ASCENDSMounts
ASCENDSHeads for the peak
ASCENDSClimbs
ASCENDSRises