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Ascendant

Ascendant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ascendant? [n] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) [n] position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant" [adj] most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [adj] tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ascendant: ancestor \| antecedent \| ascendent \| ascendent \| ascendent \| ascending(a) \| ascensive \| dominant \| dominating \| root Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ascendant: a cut above \| above \| absolute \| ahead \| anabatic \| antecedent \| ascendancy \| ascending \| ascensional \| ascensive \| at the head \| authoritarian \| authoritative \| authorized \| autocratic \| better \| boss \| capping \| chief \| chosen \| climbing \| clothed with authority \| commanding \| competent \| conquering \| consequential \| considerable \| controlling \| defeating \| distinguished \| dominance \| dominant \| domination \| dominion \| duly constituted \| eclipsing \| eminent \| empowered \| ex officio \| exceeding \| excellent \| excelling \| finer \| flushed with success \| forebear \| forefather \| forerunner \| general \| governing \| great \| greater \| head \| hegemonic \| hegemonistic \| higher \| imperative \| important \| in ascendancy \| in charge \| in chief \| in the ascendant \| influential \| leading \| leaping \| major \| marked \| master \| masterdom \| mighty \| momentous \| monocratic \| mounting \| of choice \| official \| on the throne \| one up on \| outstanding \| over \| overbearing \| overcoming \| paramount \| potent \| powerful \| precursor \| predecessor \| predominant \| predominate \| preeminence \| preeminent \| prepollent \| preponderance \| preponderant \| preponderate \| prepotence \| prepotent \| prestigious \| prevailing \| prevalent \| primogenitor \| progenitor \| prominent \| puissant \| rampant \| ranking \| rare \| rearing \| regnant \| regulating \| regulative \| regulatory \| reigning \| rising \| rivaling \| ruling \| saltatory \| scandent \| scansorial \| senior \| skyrocketing \| sovereign \| sovereignty \| spiraling \| springing \| substantial \| successful \| super \| superior \| supreme \| surpassing \| swaying \| topping \| totalitarian \| transcendent \| transcendental \| transcending \| triumphal \| triumphant \| uparching \| upcoming \| upgoing \| upgrade \| uphill \| uphillward \| upper \| uprising \| upsloping \| upward \| upwith \| vanquishing \| victorious \| weighty \| winning See Also \| ancestress \| ascendance \| ascendancy \| ascendence \| ascendency \| control \| dominance \| father \| forbear \| forebear \| forefather \| foremother \| primogenitor \| progenitor \| relation \| relative \| sire Ascendant In Webster's Dictionary \Ascend"ant\, n. [F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere.] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [R.] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. --Temple. 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. 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. 3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. --Robertson. 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. \Ascend"ant\, Ascendent \As*cend"ent\, a. 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. --Browne. 2. Rising; ascending. --Ruskin. 3. Superior; surpassing; ruling. An ascendant spirit over him. --South. The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth. --J. S. Mill. Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. --Grote.

Ascendant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ascendant?

[n] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
[n] position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
[adj] most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
[adj] tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

Ascendant In Webster's Dictionary

\As*cend"ant\, n. [F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr.
of ascendere.]
1. Ascent; height; elevation. [R.]

         Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.
                                               --Temple.

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.

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.

3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one
   man has the ascendant over another.

         Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young
         monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a
         parent.                               --Robertson.

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.


\As*cend"ant\, Ascendent \As*cend"ent\, a.
1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

         The constellation . . . about that time ascendant.
                                               --Browne.

2. Rising; ascending. --Ruskin.

3. Superior; surpassing; ruling.

         An ascendant spirit over him.         --South.

         The ascendant community obtained a surplus of
         wealth.                               --J. S. Mill.

         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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