Noun
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someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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position or state of being dominant or in control
"that idea was in the ascendant"
Adjective
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most powerful or important or influential
"the economically ascendant class"
"D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
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tending or directed upward
"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin