Word
Ascendant
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
as-cend-ant
Definition
- n. - Ascent; height; elevation.
- n. - The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which
rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have
a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
- n. - Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as,
one man has the ascendant over another.
- n. - An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees
of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed
to descendant.
- a. - Alt. of Ascendent
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