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Descendantisascendantordescentantof has no English definition.

As an adjective ascendant

is rising, moving upward.

As a noun ascendant

is being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

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)

    descendantisascendantordescentantof

    Not English

    Descendantisascendantordescentantof has no English definition. It may be misspelled.