Part 673

<h1>Ascend</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cend"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; <as>as, to <ex>ascend</ex> a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne</as>.</def>

<h1>Ascendable</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cend"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being ascended.</def>

<h1>Ascendancy, Ascendance</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw><hw>As*cend"an*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As*cend"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Ascendency</er>.</def>

<h1>Ascendant</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cend"ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ascendant</ets>, L. <ets>ascendens</ets>; p. pr. of <ets>ascendere</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ascent; height; elevation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sciences that were then in their highest <b>ascendant</b>. <i>Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; Hence the phrases <col>To be in the ascendant</col>, to have commanding power or influence, and <col>Lord of the ascendant</col>, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, <i>lord of the ascendant</i>.</note>

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; <as>as, one man has the <ex>ascendant</ex> over another</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the <b>ascendant</b> not only of a tutor, but of a parent. <i>Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to <i>descendant</i>.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Ascendant, Ascendent</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw><hw>As*cend"ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As*cend"ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.</def>

<blockquote>The constellation . . . about that time <b>ascendant</b>. <i>Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Rising; ascending.</def>

<i>Ruskin.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Superior; surpassing; ruling.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>ascendant</b> spirit over him. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>ascendant</b> community obtained a surplus of wealth. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an <b>ascendent</b> position. <i>Grote.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ascendency</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cend"en*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.</def>

<blockquote>An undisputed <b>ascendency</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>