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Ascendent

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of ascendant. alt-of, archaic

    "[A]ll true and frutefull Natvrall Philosophie, hath A double Scale or Ladder, Aſcendent and Deſcendent, aſcending from experiments to the Inuention of cauſes; and deſcending from cauſes, to the Inuention of nevve experiments; Therefore I iudge it moſt requiſite, that theſe tvvo parts be ſeuerally conſidered and handled."

Adjective
  1. 1
    most powerful or important or influential wordnet
  2. 2
    tending or directed upward wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of ascendant. alt-of, archaic

    "[T]hey ſay that Jeſus in his natiuitie, had for his aſcendent, the ſigne of Virgo in her firſt face, as they terme it, […]"

  2. 2
    someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) wordnet
  3. 3
    position or state of being dominant or in control wordnet

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