Noun

1. A growth in strength or number or importance
2. The act of changing location in an upward direction
3. An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
4. A movement upward
5. The amount a salary is increased
6. The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
7. A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
8. (theology) the origination of the holy spirit at pentecost
9. An increase in cost
10. Increase in price or value

Verb

1. Move upward
2. Increase in value or to a higher point
3. Rise to one's feet
4. Rise up
5. Come to the surface
6. Come into existence; take on form or shape
7. Move to a better position in life or to a better job; "she ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
8. Go up or advance
9. Become more extreme
10. Get up and out of bed
11. Rise in rank or status
12. Become heartened or elated
13. Exert oneself to meet a challenge
14. Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
15. Increase in volume
16. Come up, of celestial bodies
17. Return from the dead