ascendant

1. n. Ascent; height; elevation. Source: opted

2. n. The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune. Source: opted

3. n. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. Source: opted

4. n. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. Source: opted

5. a. Alt. of Ascendent Source: opted

6. adj. tending or directed upward Source: wordnet

7. adj. most powerful or important or influential Source: wordnet

8. n. position or state of being dominant or in control Source: wordnet

9. n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) Source: wordnet

10. The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises abovethe horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have acommanding influence on a person's life and fortune. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. position or state of being dominant or in control s. tending or directed upward s. most powerful or important or influential Source: ecdict

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