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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)
  • Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically).
  • an august patron of the arts
  • Of noble birth.
  • august lineage
    Derived terms
    * augustly * augustness

    Etymology 2

    From August

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make ripe
  • To bring to realisation
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    ascendant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rising, moving upward.
  • * Browne
  • The constellation about that time ascendant .
  • Surpassing or controlling.
  • * South
  • An ascendant spirit over him.
  • * John Stuart Mill
  • The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.

    Noun

    (wikipedia ascendant) (en noun)
  • Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
  • One man has the ascendant over another.
  • * Robertson
  • Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.
  • An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
  • (Ayliffe)
  • Ascent; height; elevation.
  • * Temple
  • Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant .
  • (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.
  • (Burke)