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position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant" most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" dominant tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin ascending(a) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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