ASCENDENT

• (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

  synonyms : ancestor , antecedent , ascendant , root

• (noun) position or state of being dominant or in control

  "that idea was in the ascendant"

  synonyms : ascendant

• (adj.) most powerful or important or influential

  "the economically ascendant class", "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"

  synonyms : ascendant , dominating

• (adj.) tending or directed upward

  "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"

  synonyms : ascendant , ascensive

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