English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ascendant
(n.)
Ascent; height; elevation.
Ascendant
(n.)
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.
Ascendant
(n.)
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as,
one man has the ascendant over another.
Ascendant
(n.)
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees
of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed
to descendant.
Ascendant
(a.)
Alt. of Ascendent