Definitionen
1.AdjectiveMoving upward; ascending, rising.
2.AdjectiveControlling, dominant, surpassing.
3.AdjectiveIn an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
4.AdjectiveRising towards the zenith.
5.AdjectiveOf a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”).
6.AdjectiveSynonym of ascending (“of or pertaining to one's ancestors”).
7.NounThe degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
8.NounChiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”)."One man has the ascendant over another.; Given his father’s ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne."
9.NounChiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
10.NounSynonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”)."One man has the ascendant over another."
11.NounAn ancestor.
12.NounA person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power."Given his father’s ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne."
13.NounA person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power."Given his father’s ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne."
14.NounSomething which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically , synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”).
15.NounSomething which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline.
16.NounA person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy.