ascendant
or ascendent
adjective
- rising; ascending
- in control; dominant; superior
- Astrol. designating or of the ascendant (); rising
- Bot. ascending (sense )
noun
- a dominating position; ascendancy
- an ancestor
- Astrol. the sign of the zodiac just above the eastern horizon at any given moment, specif. at the time of one's birth
See ascendant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also as·cen·dent (ə-sĕnˈdənt)
adjective- Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
- Dominant in position or influence; superior.
noun- The position or state of being dominant or in control: a conservative policy currently in the ascendant.
- 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.
- An ancestor.
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