ascendant

or as·cend·ent

[ uh-sen-duhnt ]

/ əˈsɛn dənt /

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noun

a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.

an ancestor; forebear.

Astrology. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house.

adjective

ascending; rising.

superior; predominant.

Botany. directed or curved upward.

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Origin of ascendant

1350–1400; Middle English ascendent<Latin ascendent- (stem of ascendēns) climbing up. See ascend, -ent, -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM ascendant

non·as·cend·ant, adjectivenon·as·cend·ant·ly, adverbnon·as·cend·ent, adjectivenon·as·cend·ent·ly, adverb

un·as·cend·ant, adjectiveun·as·cend·ent, adjective

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How to use ascendant in a sentence

Scalia's own transformation shows how the conservative legal movement has changed since becoming largely ascendent.
Scalia Reverses Scalia|Noah Kristula-Green|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Horoscopo; in horoscopo, within that part of the sky considered as the ascendent, A. ii.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes|Geoffrey Chaucer
But as we moved on down the shore, presently there came the night sounds from the country, frogs' voices in the ascendent.
The Voodoo Gold Trail|Walter Walden
The theological element was distinctly ascendent and I, though a daughter of Levi, did not like it.
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

The ascendent is that point of the zodiacal circle which is seen to be just ascending above the horizon at a given moment.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
To know the right time, it was necessary to observe the ascendent (see note to l. 1268).
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for ascendant

ascendant

ascendent

/ (əˈsɛndənt) /

adjective

proceeding upwards; rising

dominant, superior, or influential

botany another term for ascending

noun

rare an ancestor

a position or condition of dominance, superiority or control

astrology (sometimes capital)

a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at a particular moment and changes as the earth rotates on its axis
the sign of the zodiac containing this point

in the ascendant increasing in influence, prosperity, etc

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ascendant

or as·cend·ent

Origin of ascendant

OTHER WORDS FROM ascendant

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British Dictionary definitions for ascendant

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