ascend
verb
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- (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
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monter
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ascendant
adjective
/əˈsɛnd(ə)nt/
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/əˈsɛndənt/
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- Moving upward; ascending, rising.
- (astrology) In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
- (astronomy) Rising towards the zenith.
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ascendant
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ascendant
noun
/əˈsɛnd(ə)nt/
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/əˈsɛndənt/
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- (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.
- (genealogy) An ancestor.
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ascendant
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ascending
adjective
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- (computing) That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
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ascendant,
croissant
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- Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (of a sequence)
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croissant
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ascendancy
noun
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- The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
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ascendant
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