ascendantascendentadj.n.

/əˈsɛndənt/

Forms: Also Middle English ass-.

Etymology: < Old French ascendant, < Latin ascendent-em , present participle of ascendĕre : see ascend v. and -ant suffix¹. The astrological use is the earliest in English, and the noun was adopted before the adjective. In the spelling, -ant is the prevalent, and in senses B. 3 – B. 8 almost the only form; but -ent was formerly prevalent in senses A. and B. 1, B. 2.

A. adj.

a. gen. Rising; moving or tending upwards.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards

uprisinga1300

risingc1450

ascensial?1504

mountant1525

mounting1550

orienta1560

ascendant1591

surgenta1592

stying1593

ambitiousc1595

arising1605

ascensive1646

subliming1666

ascending1667

ascensional1753

upmounting1794

rearing1816

upcoming1835

aspirant1845

insurrectionary1864

upgoing1896

1591 R. Greene Maidens Dreame liv As thus ascendant fair Astræa flew.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ff4^v A double Scale or Ladder, Ascendent and Descendent.

1830 R. Southey in Fraser's Mag. July 653 Distended like a ball..The body mounts ascendant.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxvii. 303 Rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage.

b. spec. in Physiology and Botany = ascending adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific

rightOE

lefta1200

lowera1400

furtherc1400

lateral?a1425

sinistera1500

upper1528

anterior?1541

inferior1563

superior1566

oblique1578

high1588

ascendant1611

prone1646

peripherial1653

internal1657

supine1661

peripherical1690

gawk1703

ascending1713

adducent1722

submental1722

adductory1752

subdorsal1783

syntropic18..

atlantal1803

mesiad1803

mesial1803

proximal1803

sternal1803

distal1808

peripheral1808

peripheric1818

ventripetal1819

submedial1825

anteriormostc1826

subvertebral1827

afferent1828

sinistral1828

rostral1834

interganglionic1835

submedian1836

mesian1837

haemal1839

supravaginal1844

neural1846

symmetrical1851

suprameatal1853

paraxial1861

posterial1866

hypaxial1873

postaxial1873

preaxial1873

transmedial1876

transmedian1876

mediad1878

horizontal1881

mesal1881

prosomatic1882

dextrad1883

paramedian1890

prorsal1890

ventro-dorsal1895

midsagittal1898

ventro-axial1902

ventro-posterior1903

ipsilateral1907

parasagittal1907

ventromedial1908

homolateral1910

suprasellar1912

supratemporal1975

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Artere sousclaviere Th' ascendent branch of the great arterie.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Stalk In the branched stalk, if the branches rise erect, it is expressed by ascendant.

2. = ascending adj. 5. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adjective] > ascending

ascendanta1575

ascending1703

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 269 The Levitt. prohibition doth not exceed the second degree..in the line ascendent or descendent.

3. Astronomy (a) (In gen. sense) rising towards the zenith; (b) (spec. in Astrology) just above the eastern horizon: see sense B. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [adjective] > rising > towards zenith

ascendant1594

climbing1801

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xi. f. 143 Ascendent are those [signs] that rise from the South towards our Zenith.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 227 The Starres of Andromeda..are about that time ascendent .

1735 A. Pope Of Char. of Women 16 Ascendant Phœbus watch'd that hour with care.

a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. iv. 54 That of which ascendant Venus is the pure patroness—Rapturous Love.

4. figurative. Superior; predominant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective]

preponderanta1500

predominant1575

predominate1591

ascendant1634

prepollent1657

preponderate1789

predominated1800

society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of paramount influence

ascendant1806

1634 M. Sandys Prudence 150 And thus I passe from the descendent to the ascendent dutie.

1806 A. Knox Remains I. 31 To quicken, exalt, and make ascendant all that is rational and noble in us.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lv. 53 An ascendent position in public life.

B. n. [the adjective used absol.]

I. In senses belonging to, or derived from, astrology.

1. Astrology. The point of the ecliptic, or degree of the zodiac, which at any moment (esp. at the birth of a child) is just rising above the eastern horizon; the horoscope. the house of the ascendant includes 5 degrees of the zodiac above this point and 25 below it. the lord of the ascendant: any planet within the house of the ascendant. (The ascendant and its lord were supposed to exercise a special influence upon the life of a child then born.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > ascendant

ascendantc1386

horoscopec1400

mountanta1500

significator1593

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 613 Min ascendent was Taur, and Mars therinne (cf. Man of Lawes T. 204).

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 The assendent, & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan þat no wykkid planete, as saturne or Mars, or elles the tail of the dragoun, is in [the] hows of the assendent.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiii. 619 They say that Jesus in his natiuitie, had for his ascendent, the signe of Virgo.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) 179 At my Nativity my Ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpio.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. iii. 300 The most important part of the sky in the astrologer's consideration, was that sign of the zodiac which rose at the moment of the child's birth; this was, properly speaking, the horoscope, the ascendant, or the first house.

2. figurative (with distinct reference to astrological use.)

ΚΠ

1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea Author's Ep. Covetous his Labours should visit the Light under such an Ascendant of Felicity.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 192 Here he was lord of the ascendant..the dominant genius.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 558 The star of Harold was fairly in the ascendant.

a. gen. Superiority, supremacy; = ascendancy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [noun]

predominy?a1475

weight1569

predomination1592

predominance1595

predominancy1598

ascendant1607

predominion1607

prepotency1623

overweight1626

overbearance1639

preponderation1650

prepollency1663

preponderancy1689

the transcendent1691

overpoise1697

preponderance1704

prepollence1730

society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > elevation or exaltation in rank

uprising1430

prelationa1450

sublimationc1450

ascendant1607

rise1608

superelevation1654

evection1658

elevation1701

1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 17 To my ascendant hasting me to clime.

a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 199 Who in Wits ascendant far Did Yeares and Sex transcend.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 359 The ascendant is a certain unaccountable force of superiority that springs from the Nature, and not the artifice nor affectation of him that has it.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. viii. 114 That ascendant which he had acquired in all the councils of the commonwealth.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. iv. 63 A deterioration..which shook the ascendant of his better nature.

b. Const. over (of, upon, obsolete).

ΚΠ

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 302 Having gained this Ascendent upon him.

1684 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 316 Haveing gott the ascendant of him.

1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1866 Strong minds have undoubtedly an ascendant over weak ones.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 81 Giving their spiritual guides an entire ascendant over them.

c. in the ascendant: supreme, dominant. (Sometimes also: Rising, ascending.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of controlling or predominating influence

regitive?a1425

reigninga1500

reignative1532

overruling1586

predominating1595

hegemonicala1602

regnant1604

dominating1611

ruling1652

presiding1653

hegemonic1656

over-ruly1657

regulant1677

in the ascendanta1698

overriding1830

octopean1896

hegemoniac1959

a1698 W. Temple in Wks. III. 451 Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.

1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. v. 47 The hopes of the Conservative party were again in the ascendant.

1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. iv. 111 When..demure conventionalism and sentimentalism are in the ascendant.

4. One who favours a policy of (national or ecclesiastical) ascendancy. ? Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > paramount influence > one who favours policy of

ascendant1795

1795 E. Burke Second Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. IX. 416 There is not a single particular in the Francis-street declamations, which has not..been taught by the jealous ascendants.

II. In general senses.

†5. An upward slope, an acclivity, a rise; a flight of steps. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a rise in reputation

ascendant1548

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps

gree1303

grece1382

grecesa1400

ascendant1548

stairs1585

gradatory1661

staircase1670

risec1702

flight1703

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > upward

ascendant1548

uphill1548

uprising1598

acclivity1614

upgrade1873

uprise1875

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxviii The ascendent of the hyll.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §4. 176 And climbe vp vnto God..by an Ascendent, consisting of fiue steppes.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 25 A Lordly ascendent..from Primate to Patriarch, and so to Pope.

†6. One who ascends or goes up. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > one who or that which

ariser1382

risera1500

mounter1581

ascendant1593

ascender1623

assurgent1791

soarer1852

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 15^v Pryde can endure no Superiours, no equals, no ascendants.

1701 C. Sedley Tyrant of Crete ii. i That like the ascendants To the altar, by degrees, I thus approach you.

†7. That which rises above its surroundings; a summit or peak; spec. in Typography = ascender n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun]

link931

rise1240

motea1300

bentc1405

mote-hill1475

territory1477

height1487

rising1548

raising1572

linch1591

mount1591

swelling1630

up1637

vertex1641

advance1655

ascendant1655

eminency1662

ascent1663

eminence1670

swell1764

elevation1799

embreastment1799

upwith1819

lift1825

salita1910

turtle-back1913

upwarp1917

upslope1920

whaleback1928

society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > ascender

ascendant1655

ascender1867

1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 64 The mount, whose white Ascendents may Be in conjunction with true light!

1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 6 All the Capitals are Ascendents, so called because they stand higher than the Head-line of the Short.

8. One who precedes in genealogical succession; an ancestor; a relative in the ascending line, whether lineal, as father, mother, or collateral, as uncle, great-uncle.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun]

elder-fathereOE

fatherOE

elder971

alderOE

eldfatherOE

forme-fadera1200

ancestorc1300

grandsirec1300

aiela1325

belsirea1325

predecessora1325

forefather1377

morea1382

progenitorc1384

antecessorc1400

forn-fatherc1460

forebear1488

ancient1540

antecestrec1550

fore-grandsirec1550

grandfather1575

ascendant1604

forerunnera1616

ancienter1654

tupuna1845

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xviii. 469 Such as committed incest with ascendants or descendants in direct line were likewise punished with death.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 32 Ascendants and Collaterals even to the tenth Degree.

1861 H. S. Maine Anc. Law v. 133 Their highest living ascendant, the father, grandfather, or great-grandfather.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ascendant
释义	ascendantascendentadj.n. /əˈsɛndənt/ Forms: Also Middle English ass-. Etymology: < Old French ascendant, < Latin ascendent-em , present participle of ascendĕre : see ascend v. and -ant suffix¹. The astrological use is the earliest in English, and the noun was adopted before the adjective. In the spelling, -ant is the prevalent, and in senses B. 3 – B. 8 almost the only form; but -ent was formerly prevalent in senses A. and B. 1, B. 2. A. adj. 1. a. gen. Rising; moving or tending upwards. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards uprisinga1300 risingc1450 ascensial?1504 mountant1525 mounting1550 orienta1560 ascendant1591 surgenta1592 stying1593 ambitiousc1595 arising1605 ascensive1646 subliming1666 ascending1667 ascensional1753 upmounting1794 rearing1816 upcoming1835 aspirant1845 insurrectionary1864 upgoing1896 1591 R. Greene Maidens Dreame liv As thus ascendant fair Astræa flew. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ff4^v A double Scale or Ladder, Ascendent and Descendent. View more context for this quotation 1830 R. Southey in Fraser's Mag. July 653 Distended like a ball..The body mounts ascendant. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxvii. 303 Rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage. b. spec. in Physiology and Botany = ascending adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific rightOE lefta1200 lowera1400 furtherc1400 lateral?a1425 sinistera1500 upper1528 anterior?1541 inferior1563 superior1566 oblique1578 high1588 ascendant1611 prone1646 peripherial1653 internal1657 supine1661 peripherical1690 gawk1703 ascending1713 adducent1722 submental1722 adductory1752 subdorsal1783 syntropic18.. atlantal1803 mesiad1803 mesial1803 proximal1803 sternal1803 distal1808 peripheral1808 peripheric1818 ventripetal1819 submedial1825 anteriormostc1826 subvertebral1827 afferent1828 sinistral1828 rostral1834 interganglionic1835 submedian1836 mesian1837 haemal1839 supravaginal1844 neural1846 symmetrical1851 suprameatal1853 paraxial1861 posterial1866 hypaxial1873 postaxial1873 preaxial1873 transmedial1876 transmedian1876 mediad1878 horizontal1881 mesal1881 prosomatic1882 dextrad1883 paramedian1890 prorsal1890 ventro-dorsal1895 midsagittal1898 ventro-axial1902 ventro-posterior1903 ipsilateral1907 parasagittal1907 ventromedial1908 homolateral1910 suprasellar1912 supratemporal1975 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Artere sousclaviere Th' ascendent branch of the great arterie. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Stalk In the branched stalk, if the branches rise erect, it is expressed by ascendant. 2. = ascending adj. 5. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adjective] > ascending ascendanta1575 ascending1703 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 269 The Levitt. prohibition doth not exceed the second degree..in the line ascendent or descendent. 3. Astronomy (a) (In gen. sense) rising towards the zenith; (b) (spec. in Astrology) just above the eastern horizon: see sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [adjective] > rising > towards zenith ascendant1594 climbing1801 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xi. f. 143 Ascendent are those [signs] that rise from the South towards our Zenith. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 227 The Starres of Andromeda..are about that time ascendent . View more context for this quotation 1735 A. Pope Of Char. of Women 16 Ascendant Phœbus watch'd that hour with care. a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. iv. 54 That of which ascendant Venus is the pure patroness—Rapturous Love. 4. figurative. Superior; predominant. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective] preponderanta1500 predominant1575 predominate1591 ascendant1634 prepollent1657 preponderate1789 predominated1800 society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of paramount influence ascendant1806 1634 M. Sandys Prudence 150 And thus I passe from the descendent to the ascendent dutie. 1806 A. Knox Remains I. 31 To quicken, exalt, and make ascendant all that is rational and noble in us. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lv. 53 An ascendent position in public life. B. n. [the adjective used absol.] I. In senses belonging to, or derived from, astrology. 1. Astrology. The point of the ecliptic, or degree of the zodiac, which at any moment (esp. at the birth of a child) is just rising above the eastern horizon; the horoscope. the house of the ascendant includes 5 degrees of the zodiac above this point and 25 below it. the lord of the ascendant: any planet within the house of the ascendant. (The ascendant and its lord were supposed to exercise a special influence upon the life of a child then born.) ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > ascendant ascendantc1386 horoscopec1400 mountanta1500 significator1593 c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 613 Min ascendent was Taur, and Mars therinne (cf. Man of Lawes T. 204). c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 The assendent, & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan þat no wykkid planete, as saturne or Mars, or elles the tail of the dragoun, is in [the] hows of the assendent. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiii. 619 They say that Jesus in his natiuitie, had for his ascendent, the signe of Virgo. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) 179 At my Nativity my Ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpio. View more context for this quotation 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. iii. 300 The most important part of the sky in the astrologer's consideration, was that sign of the zodiac which rose at the moment of the child's birth; this was, properly speaking, the horoscope, the ascendant, or the first house. 2. figurative (with distinct reference to astrological use.) ΚΠ 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea Author's Ep. Covetous his Labours should visit the Light under such an Ascendant of Felicity. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 192 Here he was lord of the ascendant..the dominant genius. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 558 The star of Harold was fairly in the ascendant. 3. a. gen. Superiority, supremacy; = ascendancy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [noun] predominy?a1475 weight1569 predomination1592 predominance1595 predominancy1598 ascendant1607 predominion1607 prepotency1623 overweight1626 overbearance1639 preponderation1650 prepollency1663 preponderancy1689 the transcendent1691 overpoise1697 preponderance1704 prepollence1730 society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > elevation or exaltation in rank uprising1430 prelationa1450 sublimationc1450 ascendant1607 rise1608 superelevation1654 evection1658 elevation1701 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 17 To my ascendant hasting me to clime. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 199 Who in Wits ascendant far Did Yeares and Sex transcend. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 359 The ascendant is a certain unaccountable force of superiority that springs from the Nature, and not the artifice nor affectation of him that has it. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. viii. 114 That ascendant which he had acquired in all the councils of the commonwealth. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. iv. 63 A deterioration..which shook the ascendant of his better nature. b. Const. over (of, upon, obsolete). ΚΠ 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 302 Having gained this Ascendent upon him. 1684 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 316 Haveing gott the ascendant of him. 1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1866 Strong minds have undoubtedly an ascendant over weak ones. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 81 Giving their spiritual guides an entire ascendant over them. c. in the ascendant: supreme, dominant. (Sometimes also: Rising, ascending.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of controlling or predominating influence regitive?a1425 reigninga1500 reignative1532 overruling1586 predominating1595 hegemonicala1602 regnant1604 dominating1611 ruling1652 presiding1653 hegemonic1656 over-ruly1657 regulant1677 in the ascendanta1698 overriding1830 octopean1896 hegemoniac1959 a1698 W. Temple in Wks. III. 451 Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. v. 47 The hopes of the Conservative party were again in the ascendant. 1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. iv. 111 When..demure conventionalism and sentimentalism are in the ascendant. 4. One who favours a policy of (national or ecclesiastical) ascendancy. ? Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > paramount influence > one who favours policy of ascendant1795 1795 E. Burke Second Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. IX. 416 There is not a single particular in the Francis-street declamations, which has not..been taught by the jealous ascendants. II. In general senses. †5. An upward slope, an acclivity, a rise; a flight of steps. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a rise in reputation ascendant1548 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps gree1303 grece1382 grecesa1400 ascendant1548 stairs1585 gradatory1661 staircase1670 risec1702 flight1703 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > upward ascendant1548 uphill1548 uprising1598 acclivity1614 upgrade1873 uprise1875 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxviii The ascendent of the hyll. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §4. 176 And climbe vp vnto God..by an Ascendent, consisting of fiue steppes. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 25 A Lordly ascendent..from Primate to Patriarch, and so to Pope. †6. One who ascends or goes up. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > one who or that which ariser1382 risera1500 mounter1581 ascendant1593 ascender1623 assurgent1791 soarer1852 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 15^v Pryde can endure no Superiours, no equals, no ascendants. 1701 C. Sedley Tyrant of Crete ii. i That like the ascendants To the altar, by degrees, I thus approach you. †7. That which rises above its surroundings; a summit or peak; spec. in Typography = ascender n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] link931 rise1240 motea1300 bentc1405 mote-hill1475 territory1477 height1487 rising1548 raising1572 linch1591 mount1591 swelling1630 up1637 vertex1641 advance1655 ascendant1655 eminency1662 ascent1663 eminence1670 swell1764 elevation1799 embreastment1799 upwith1819 lift1825 salita1910 turtle-back1913 upwarp1917 upslope1920 whaleback1928 society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > ascender ascendant1655 ascender1867 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 64 The mount, whose white Ascendents may Be in conjunction with true light! 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 6 All the Capitals are Ascendents, so called because they stand higher than the Head-line of the Short. 8. One who precedes in genealogical succession; an ancestor; a relative in the ascending line, whether lineal, as father, mother, or collateral, as uncle, great-uncle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] elder-fathereOE fatherOE elder971 alderOE eldfatherOE forme-fadera1200 ancestorc1300 grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 predecessora1325 forefather1377 morea1382 progenitorc1384 antecessorc1400 forn-fatherc1460 forebear1488 ancient1540 antecestrec1550 fore-grandsirec1550 grandfather1575 ascendant1604 forerunnera1616 ancienter1654 tupuna1845 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xviii. 469 Such as committed incest with ascendants or descendants in direct line were likewise punished with death. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 32 Ascendants and Collaterals even to the tenth Degree. 1861 H. S. Maine Anc. Law v. 133 Their highest living ascendant, the father, grandfather, or great-grandfather. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1386
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