ascendent
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as·cen·dant
also as·cen·dent (ə-sĕn′dənt)adj.
1. Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
2. Dominant in position or influence; superior.
n.
1. The position or state of being dominant or in control: a conservative policy currently in the ascendant.
2. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that rises in the east at the time of a person's birth or other event.
3. An ancestor.
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| Noun | 1. | ascendent - position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant" ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" |
| 2. |  ascendent - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)ancestress - a woman ancestor foremother - a woman ancestor primogenitor, progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line | |
| Adj. | 1. | ascendent - tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed" |
| 2. | ascendent - most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" dominant - exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" |
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ascendent
a. ascendiente, ascendente.
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