Found 2 items, similar to Ascendent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ascendent ascendent adj 1: tending or directed upward; “rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage”- John Ruskin [syn: ascendant, ascensive] 2: most powerful or important or influential; “the economically ascendant class”; “D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe” [syn: ascendant, dominating] n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control; “that idea was in the ascendant” [syn: ascendant] 2: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ascendent Ascendant \As*cend"ant\, Ascendent \As*cend"ent\, a. 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. [1913 Webster] The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. --Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising; ascending. --Ruskin. [1913 Webster] 3. Superior; surpassing; ruling. [1913 Webster] An ascendant spirit over him. --South. [1913 Webster] The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster] Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. --Grote. [1913 Webster]