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ascendent

Variant of ascendant

or ascendent

adjective

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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