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ascendant definition

as·cend·ant or ascendent as·cend′·ent (-dənt)

adjective

  1. rising; ascending
  2. in control; dominant; superior
  3. Astrol. designating or of the ascendant (); rising
  4. Bot. ascending (sense )

Etymology: OFr < L ascendens, prp. of ascendere, ascend

noun

  1. a dominating position; ascendancy
  2. an ancestor
  3. Astrol. the sign of the zodiac just above the eastern horizon at any given moment, specif. at the time of one's birth
ascendant Idioms

in the ascendant

at or heading toward the height of power, influence, fame, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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