ascendant

  • 41ascendant — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adjective Having preeminent significance: dominant, predominant, prepotent, prevailing, regnant, ruling, supreme. See IMPORTANT. II noun A person from whom one is descended: ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear,… …

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  • 42ascendant — as cend·ant || dÉ™nt n. control, rule, power; ancestor; sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at the time of birth adj. ascending, rising, climbing, mounting …

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  • 43ascendant — I. n. 1. Horoscope. 2. Superiority, supremacy, predominance, ascendency, superior influence, commanding influence, controlling influence. II. a.; (also ascendent) 1. Rising, above the horizon. 2. Superior, predominant, prevailing, prevalent,… …

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  • 44ascendant — as·cend·ant …

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  • 45ascendant — as•cend•ant or as•cend•ent [[t]əˈsɛn dənt[/t]] n. 1) a position of dominance or controlling influence; possession of power, superiority, or preeminence 2) an ancestor; forebear 3) astrol. the sign of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at …

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  • 46ascendant —   a. rising into power; powerful; Astronomy, moving towards zenith; Astrology, immediately above eastern horizon; n. powerful or pre eminent position;   Astrology, degree of zodiac above eastern horizon at birth of child; horoscope …

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  • 47ascendant — a|scen|dant sb., en, er, erne (ASTROLOGI udgangspunkt ved opstilling af horoskoper) …

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  • 48ascendant — an. assindin, ta, e (Villards Thônes) …

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  • 49Lord of the ascendant — Ascendant As*cend ant, n. [F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere.] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [R.] [1913 Webster] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree… …

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  • 50To be in the ascendant — Ascendant As*cend ant, n. [F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere.] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [R.] [1913 Webster] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree… …

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