ascendant
adjEtymology
PIE word *h₂éd The adjective is derived from Late Middle English ascendent (“ascending, rising; increasing in quantity; (astronomy) rising above the horizon”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French ascendant, from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)). The English word is analysable as ascend (verb) + -ant (suffix forming adjectives from verbs with the sense of ‘doing [the verbal actions]’). The noun is probably derived from the adjective, though it is attested earlier than the latter.
- derived from ascendentem
- derived from ascendant
- inherited from ascendent — “ascending, rising; increasing in quantity; (astronomy) rising above the horizon”
Definitions
Moving upward
Moving upward; ascending, rising.
- The body [of the dragon] mounts ascendant; / The head before, the tail behind, / The wings, like sails that want a wind, / On either side are pendant.
Controlling, dominant, surpassing.
- Without some power of persuading or confuting—of defending himself against accusation, or in case of need, accusing others—no man could possibly hold an ascendent position.
- At the same time, he [David Gelernter] sees our current society, where computers are ascendant, as lacking authority.
In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
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Rising towards the zenith.
- [W]e muſt diſcover freezing ſtars that may reſolve the latter colds of vvinter, vvhich vvho ever deſires to invent, let him ſtudie the ſtarres of Andromeda, or the nearer conſtellation of Pegaſus, vvhich are about that time aſcendant.
Of a part of an organism
Of a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”).
- Artere ſouſclaviere. The aſcendant branch of the great Arterie.
Synonym of ascending (“of or pertaining to one's ancestors”).
The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction…
The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
- [T]hey ſay that Jeſus in his natiuitie, had for his aſcendent, the ſigne of Virgo in her firſt face, as they terme it, […]
- At my Nativity, my aſcendent vvas the earthly ſigne of Scorpius, I vvas borne in the Planetary houre of Saturne, and I think I have a piece of that Leaden Planet in me.
- There he was a mere cypher: here he was lord of the ascendant; the choice spirit, the dominant genius.
Chiefly in in the ascendant
Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
- Towards the end of the session of 1836, the hopes of the Conservative party were again in the ascendant.
Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence
Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”).
- One man has the ascendant over another.
- To my aſcendant haſting then to clime, / There are the firſt predomining the time.
An ancestor.
A person who ascends or goes up
A person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power.
- Given his father’s ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne.
- [P]ryde can endure no Superiours, no equals, no aſcendants, no ſprigs, no grafts, no likely beginnings.
Something which is higher than the things around it
Something which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically (typography), synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”).
Something which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline.
- [T]here can be no reaſon yeilded neither in nature, nor in relation, vvherefore, if it have lavvfully mounted thus high, it ſhould not be a Lordly aſcendent in the horoſcope of the Church, from Primate to Patriarch, and ſo to Pope.
A person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at ascendant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at ascendant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at ascendant
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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