in the ascendant

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in the ascendant

  1. Becoming more popular, powerful, or relevant; on the rise.
    • 1844, B[enjamin] Disraeli, chapter V, in Coningsby; or, The New Generation. [], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, book IV, page 47:
      Towards the end of the session of 1836, the hopes of the Conservative party were again in the ascendant.
    • 1847, George Grote, “Lyric Poetry—The Seven Wise Men”, in History of Greece, volume IV, London: John Murray, [], →OCLC, part II (Continuation of Historical Greece), page 136:
      [T]hose poets, [] by enriching the common language and by circulating from to town to town either in person or in their compositions, contributed to fan the flame of Pan-Hellenic patriotism at a time when there were few circumstances to co-operate with them, and when the causes tending to perpetuate isolation seemed in the ascendant.