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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ascendant
ascendant
adj 1: tending or directed upward;
“rooted and ascendant strength
like that of foliage”- John Ruskin [syn:
ascendent,
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:
ascendent,
dominating]
n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control;
“that
idea was in the ascendant” [syn:
ascendent]
2: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote
than a grandparent) [syn:
ancestor,
ascendent,
antecedent,
root] [ant:
descendant]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ascendant
Ascendant
\As*cend"ant\, Ascendent
\As*cend"ent\, a.
1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
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The constellation . . . about that time ascendant.
--Browne.
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2. Rising; ascending. --Ruskin.
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3. Superior; surpassing; ruling.
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An ascendant spirit over him. --South.
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The ascendant community obtained a surplus of
wealth. --J. S. Mill.
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Without some power of persuading or confuting, of
defending himself against accusations, . . . no man
could possibly hold an ascendent position. --Grote.
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Ascendant
\As*cend"ant\, n. [F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr.
of ascendere.]
1. Ascent; height; elevation. [R.]
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Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.
--Temple.
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2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic
which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's
birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a
person's life and fortune.
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Note: Hence the phrases
To be in the ascendant, to have commanding power or
influence, and
Lord of the ascendant, one who has possession of such power
or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the
ascendant. --Burke.
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3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one
man has the ascendant over another.
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Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young
monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a
parent. --Robertson.
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4. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees
of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a
progenitor; -- opposed to
descendant. --Ayliffe.
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