·noun Ascent; height; elevation.
II. Ascendant ·adj ·Alt. of Ascendent.
III. Ascendant ·noun Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
IV. Ascendant ·noun An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor;
— opposed to descendant.
V. Ascendant ·noun The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.