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Webster 1913 Edition

Ascendant

As-cend′ant

,
Noun.
[F.
ascendant
, L.
ascendens
; p. pr. of
ascendere
.]
1.
Ascent; height; elevation.
[R.]
Sciences that were then in their highest
ascendant
.
Temple.
2.
(Astrol.)
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.
☞ Hence the phrases
To be in the ascendant
, to have commanding power or influence, and
Lord of the ascendant
, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the ascendant.
Burke.
3.
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency;
as, one man has the
ascendant
over another
.
Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the
ascendant
not only of a tutor, but of a parent.
Robertson.
4.
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; – opposed to
descendant
.
Ayliffe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ascendant

ASCEND'ANT

,
Noun.
1.
Superiority or commanding influence; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
2.
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy, or degrees of kindred; opposed to descendant.
3.
Height; elevation. [Little used.]
4.
In astrology, that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the time of one's birth. That part of the ecliptic at any particular time above the horizon, supposed to have influence on a person's life and fortune.

ASCEND'ANT

,
Adj.
1.
Superior; predominant; surpassing.
2.
In astrology, above the horizon.

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