ascendant

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Synonyms: ascendent, ascendancy, attendant, ascending, descendant, appendant, ascendance, ascendants, ascendens, ascessant, decendant

Antonyms: ascendent, ascendancy, attendant, ascending, descendant, appendant, ascendance, ascendants, ascendens, ascessant, decendant

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Adjective

1. [[move#Verb|Moving]] [[upward#Adverb|upward]]; [[ascending#Adjective|ascending]], [[rising#Adjective|rising]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} [[controlling#Adjective|Controlling]], [[dominant#Adjective|dominant]], [[surpassing#Adjective|surpassing]].
3. {{lb|en|astrology}} In an [[eastern]] [[direction]] rising just above the [[horizon]].
4. {{lb|en|astronomy}} Rising towards the [[zenith]].
5. {{lb|en|botany|physiology}} Of a [[part#Noun|part]] of an [[organism]]: {{synonym of|en|ascending|t=[[lead#Verb|leading]] or [[slope#Verb|sloping]] [[upwards]]|nocap=1}}.
6. {{lb|en|genealogy|archaic|or|obsolete}} {{synonym of|en|ascending|t=of or pertaining to one's [[ancestor]]s}}.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|astrology}}{{lb|en|astrology|also|figurative}} The [[degree]] of the [[zodiac]] or [[point#Noun|point]] of the [[ecliptic#Noun|ecliptic]] which [[rise#Verb|rises]] in an [[eastern]] [[direction]] above the [[horizon]] at a [[particular#Adjective|particular]] [[moment]] (especially the moment of a [[person#Noun|person]]'s [[birth#Noun|birth]]), which is [[suppose]]d to have a [[commanding#Adjective|commanding]] [[influence#Noun|influence]] on a person's [[fortune#Noun|fortune]] and [[life#Noun|life]]; a [[horoscope]].
2. {{lb|en|by extension}}

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