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 as·cen·dent /əˈsɛndənt/
 運星,運道,支配力,優勢(a.)上升的,占優勢的

 As·cend·ant As·cend·ent a.
 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
    The constellation . . . about that time ascendant.   --Browne.
 2. Rising; ascending.
 3. Superior; surpassing; ruling.
    An ascendant spirit over him.   --South.
    The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.   --J. S. Mill.
    Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position.   --Grote.
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 ascendent
      adj 1: tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength
             like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn: ascendant,
             ascensive]
      2: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically
         ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating
         event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant, dominating]
      n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control; "that
           idea was in the ascendant" [syn: ascendant]
      2: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote
         than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, antecedent,
          root] [ant: descendant]