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