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ascendent | ascendest |

As an adjective ascendent

is upward in direction or proclivity.

As a noun ascendent

is a person from whom one is descended.

As a verb ascendest is

(archaic) (ascend).

ascendent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Upward in direction or proclivity.
  • In power; controlling.
  • * Grote
  • Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, no man could possibly hold an ascendent position.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from whom one is descended.
  • A position of power or control.
  • Synonyms

    * ancestor ----

    ascendest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (ascend)

  • ascend

    English

    (wikipedia ascend)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move upward, to fly, to soar.
  • He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
  • To slope in an upward direction.
  • The road ascends the mountain.
  • To go up.
  • You ascend the stairs and take a right.
  • To succeed.
  • She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
  • (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
  • Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

    Antonyms

    * descend

    Anagrams

    * ----