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ascendant


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adj

Definition of ASCENDANT

1
a : moving upward : rising b : directed upward <an ascendant stem>
2
a : superior b : dominant 1a
— as·cen·dant·ly adverb
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Variants of ASCENDANT

ascendant also ascendent

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