1. Tending or directed upward
   - ascendant, ascensive 
2. Most powerful or important or influential
   - ascendant, dominating

1. Position or state of being dominant or in control
   - ascendant 
2. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   - ancestor, ascendant, antecedent, root

Derived forms: ascendents

See also: ascend, ascendency, ascending, dominant

Type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance, flesh and blood, relation, relative

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