August vs Ascendant - What's the difference?
august | ascendant | Related terms |
Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically).
Of noble birth.
Rising, moving upward.
* Browne
Surpassing or controlling.
* South
* John Stuart Mill
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
* Robertson
An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
Ascent; height; elevation.
* Temple
(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.
August is a related term of ascendant.
As a proper noun august
is the eighth month of the gregorian calendar, following july and preceding september abbreviation: aug' or ' or august can be .As an adjective ascendant is
rising, moving upward.As a noun ascendant is
being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.august
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- an august patron of the arts
- august lineage
Derived terms
* augustly * augustnessEtymology 2
From AugustAnagrams
* ----ascendant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The constellation about that time ascendant .
- An ascendant spirit over him.
- The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.
Noun
(wikipedia ascendant) (en noun)- One man has the ascendant over another.
- Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.
- (Ayliffe)
- Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant .
- (Burke)