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Nouns
(n)
ascendant
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ascendent
position or state of being dominant or in control
“that idea was in the ascendant”
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(n)
ancestor
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ascendant
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ascendent
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antecedent
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root
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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Adjectives
(s)
ascendant
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ascendent
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ascensive
tending or directed upward
“rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage” (John Ruskin)
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(s)
ascendant
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ascendent
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dominating
most powerful or important or influential
“the economically ascendant class”
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“D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe”
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