ascendant

IPA: ʌsˈɛndʌnt

(astrology, also figurative) The 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.
(by extension)
Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
(figurative) Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”)
(genealogy) An ancestor.
(obsolete)
A 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.
Something which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically (typography), synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”)
Something which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline.
(rare) A person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy.

Moving upward; ascending, rising.
(figurative) Controlling, dominant, surpassing.
(astrology) In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
(astronomy) Rising towards the zenith.
(botany, physiology) Of a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”)
(genealogy, archaic or obsolete) Synonym of ascending (“of or pertaining to one's ancestors”)

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