Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ascendent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ascendant \As*cend"ant\, Ascendent \As*cend"ent\, a.
1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
The constellation . . . about that time ascendant.
--Browne.
2. Rising; ascending. --Ruskin.
3. Superior; surpassing; ruling.
An ascendant spirit over him. --South.
The ascendant community obtained a surplus of
wealth. --J. S. Mill.
Without some power of persuading or confuting, of
defending himself against accusations, . . . no man
could possibly hold an ascendent position. --Grote.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ascendent
adj 1: tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength
like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn: {ascendant},
{ascensive}]
2: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically
ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating
event of the war in Europe" [syn: {ascendant}, {dominating}]
n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control: "that
idea was in the ascendant" [syn: {ascendant}]
2: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote
that a grandparent) [syn: {ancestor}, {ascendant}, {antecedent},
{root}] [ant: {descendant}]
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