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noun

ascendent n.

1.

Position or state of being dominant or in control. "That idea was in the ascendant".

Synonyms: ascendant.

2.

Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent).

Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, antecedent.

adjective

Ascendent, Ascendant adj.

1.

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. "The constellation... about that time ascendant."

2.

Rising; ascending.

3.

Superior; surpassing; ruling. "An ascendant spirit over him." "The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth." "Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations,... no man could possibly hold an ascendent position."

ascendent adj.

1.

Tending or directed upward.

Synonyms: ascendant, ascensive. "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage."

2.

Having the most important influence.

Synonyms: ascendant, dominating, prestigious.

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Etymology of 'Ascendent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ascendent" Quotes from Famous Books

... Commons in national affairs. Before his day, no prime minister could govern against the will of the sovereign. After George IV., as in France under Louis Philippe, "the king reigned, but did not govern." The chief of the ascendent political party was ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume X • John Lord

... driven by gusts, smote the window as with a scourge. The thunder was grumbling in the distance now. Mr. Caryll resumed his chair. He sat very thoughtful, but with no emotion showing in his face. British stolidity was in the ascendant with him then. He felt that he ...

— The Lion's Skin • Rafael Sabatini

... out many expeditions to destroy the pestiferous freebooters who swarmed from the African coast, and finally, in 1815, the United States sent Decatur to Algiers to annihilate the nefarious corsairs, who had thrived and become brazen in their recklessness during the three centuries of their ascendant power. The incursions of the Algerine pirates were made as far north as England, Ireland, and Iceland, and through them an iniquitous slave trade was developed. The law of nations did not place its ban upon this slave traffic until by statute England and ...

— Pirates and Piracy • Oscar Herrmann

... hinted. What he wanted to say was, "So you prevented it, you kept him here, God bless you!" His natural resilience had asserted itself. Vistas were opening. The Hugh who accepted life for what it was worth was again in the ascendant, but he found a second to call up the other Hugh, whose legal residence was somewhere near the threshold of consciousness, to take notice. He had always known that there must have been something in Uncle ...

— O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 • Various

... of Buckner, giving to Grant the very opportunity he desired. The good fortune of the National commander culminated at Missionary Ridge. Soldiers believe in good luck quite as much as in genius, and follow a leader whose star is in the ascendant with a confidence which is the guaranty of victory. Great opportunities, however, come to all. The difference between a great soldier and an inferior one is that the great man uses his opportunities to the full, and so fortune seems to be in league with him. ...

— Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 • Jacob Dolson Cox

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