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ascendant n. [
ascendent] position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
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ascendant s. [
ascendent, ascensive] tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
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ascendant n. [
ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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ascendant s. [
ascendent, dominating] most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
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