Definition/Meaning of ascendant

• English - Adjective: ascendant ( comparative more ascendant , superlative most ascendant ) Rising , moving upward . Browne The constellation [ … ] about that time ascendant . Surpassing or controlling . South An ascendant spirit over him . John Stuart Mill The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth . Translations
• English - Noun: Wikipedia ascendant ( plural ascendants ) Being in control; superiority , or commanding influence; ascendency . One man has the ascendant over another . Robertson Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor , but of a parent . An ancestor (antonym of descendant) (Can we find and add a quotation of Ayliffe to this entry?) Ascent; height; elevation .…
• English - Etymology: From Middle French ascendant , from Latin ascendens .
• English - Related terms: ascend ascent ascendance ascendancy/ascendency ascending ascender
• French - Verb: ascendant Present participle of ascendre .