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nounsomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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nounposition or state of being dominant or in control
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adjectivemost powerful or important or influential
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adjectivetending or directed upward
Examples of ascendant
- "that idea was in the ascendant"
- "the economically ascendant class"
- "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"