ascendant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ascendant, from Latin ascendens.

Adjective

ascendant (comparative more ascendant, superlative most ascendant)

1. Rising, moving upward.
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     The constellation […] about that time ascendant.

2. Surpassing or controlling.
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     An ascendant spirit over him.

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     The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.

Translations

Rising, moving upward

• Bulgarian: възходящ (bg) (vǎzhodjašt), изгряващ (bg) (izgrjavašt), издигащ се (izdigašt se)
• Finnish: nouseva (fi), nousussa oleva
• Irish: ardaitheach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: براینده (barāyande), برآینده (fa) (barāyande), طالع (fa) (tāle)
• Portuguese: ascendente (pt)

Surpassing or controlling

• Bulgarian: господствуващ (bg) (gospodstvuvašt)
• Finnish: nousussa oleva
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• Persian: برآینده (fa) (barāyande)

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Noun

ascendant (plural ascendants)

1. Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

   One man has the ascendant over another.

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     Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.

2. An ancestor (antonym of descendant)

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3. (usu. followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power)

   Given his father's ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne.

4. Ascent; height; elevation.
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     Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.

5. (astrology) 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.

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Translations

Being in control

• Bulgarian: власт (bg) (vlast), влияние (bg) (vlijanie)
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• Finnish: valta-asemassa oleva

An ancestor

• Bulgarian: предшественик (bg) (predšestvenik)
• Finnish: esi-isä (fi)
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• German: Vorfahr (de) m
• Portuguese: ascendente (pt) m or f
• Romanian: strămoș (ro) m, predecesor (ro) m

Related terms

• ascend
• ascent
• ascendance
• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascending
• ascender

Anagrams

• adnascent

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendens, ascendentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/

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Verb

ascendant

1. present participle of ascendre

Adjective

ascendant (feminine ascendante, masculine plural ascendants, feminine plural ascendantes)

1. ascendant

Noun

ascendant m (plural ascendants)

1. (astrology) ascendant
2. influence, ascendancy

   L’équipe adverse a repris l’ascendant du match. ― The team is again dominated by the adversary.

3. (genealogy) ancestry

Further reading

• “ascendant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ascendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of ascendō