[uh-sen-duh
nt] 
| 1. | a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position. |
| 2. | an ancestor; forebear. |
| 3. | Astrology. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house. |
| 4. | ascending; rising. |
| 5. | superior; predominant. |
| 6. | Botany. directed or curved upward. |
| as·cen·dant also as·cen·dent (ə-sěn'dənt) adj.
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