Ascend
Lift
Lift verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.
Usage example: I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf
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- In fact, the very key to the Wright brothers' success is that their competitors focused on lift and power to make their aircraft ascend while trusting the aircraft would be inherently stable.
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It's easy enough to do by purposely bumping into a guard near one of the lifts and having him follow/harass you as you go over to the lift; he'll end up right behind you as you ascend and be crushed under the counter-weight.
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