Meaning of ASCENDENT

Pronunciation:			u'sendunt
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) [n]  position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant" [adj]  most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [adj]  tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
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	Synonyms:		ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendant, ascendant, ascending(a), ascensive, dominant, dominating, root
	Antonyms:		descendant, descendent
	See Also:		ancestress, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, relation, relative, sire