单词 | ascendant |
释义 | ascendant /euh sen"deuhnt/, n. 1. a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position. 2. an ancestor; forebear. 3. Astrol. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house. adj. 4. ascending; rising. 5. superior; predominant. 6. Bot. directed or curved upward. Also, ascendent. [1350-1400; ME ascendent < L ascendent- (s. of ascendens) climbing up. See ASCEND, -ENT, -ANT] |
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