ascendent

English

Adjective

ascendent (comparative more ascendent, superlative most ascendent)

1. Archaic spelling of ascendant.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, , →OCLC, folio 24, verso:

     [A]ll true and frutefull Natvrall Philosophie, hath A double Scale or Ladder, Aſcendent and Deſcendent, aſcending from experiments to the Inuention of cauſes; and deſcending from cauſes, to the Inuention of nevve experiments; Therefore I iudge it moſt requiſite, that theſe tvvo parts be ſeuerally conſidered and handled.

   • 1850, George Grote, “The Drama—Rhetoric and Dialectics—The Sophists”, in History of Greece, volume VIII, London: John Murray, , →OCLC, part II (Continuation of Historical Greece), page 463:

     Without some power of persuading or confuting—of defending himself against accusation, or in case of need, accusing others—no man could possibly hold an ascendent position.

Noun

ascendent (plural ascendents)

1. Archaic spelling of ascendant (chiefly in the astrological sense).
   • 1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “A Solution of the Obiections of the Heathen ageinst Iesus, the Sonne of God”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, , London: [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, , →OCLC, page 619:

     [T]hey ſay that Jeſus in his natiuitie, had for his aſcendent, the ſigne of Virgo in her firſt face, as they terme it, […]

   • 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The Second Part”, in Religio Medici. , 4th edition, London: E. Cotes for Andrew Crook , published 1656, →OCLC, section 11, page 164:

     At my Nativity, my aſcendent vvas the earthly ſigne of Scorpius, I vvas borne in the Planetary houre of Saturne, and I think I have a piece of that Leaden Planet in me.

   • 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, “That Prelaty was Not Set Up for Prevention of Schisme, as is Pretended, or if It were, that It Performes Not what It was First Set Up for, but quite the Contrary”, in The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty , London: E G for Iohn Rothwell, , →OCLC, 1st book, page 25:

     [T]here can be no reaſon yeilded neither in nature, nor in relation, vvherefore, if it have lavvfully mounted thus high, it ſhould not be a Lordly aſcendent in the horoſcope of the Church, from Primate to Patriarch, and ſo to Pope.

Anagrams

• tendances

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ascendēns.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

ascendent m or f (masculine and feminine plural ascendents)

1. ascending

Noun

ascendent m or f by sense (plural ascendents)

1. ascendent (ancestor)

   Synonym: avantpassat

Noun

ascendent m (plural ascendents)

1. authority, influence

   Synonym: autoritat

2. (astrology) ascendant

Related terms

• ascendència
• ascendible
• ascendir

Further reading

• “ascendent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

ascendent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of ascendre

Latin

Verb

ascendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ascendō

Polish

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Alternative forms

• (archaic) ascedent

Etymology

Borrowed from French ascendant, derived from Latin ascendēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈt͡sɛn.dɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɛnt
• Syllabification: as‧cen‧dent

Noun

ascendent m pers

1. (law) ascendant, ancestor, forebear

   Synonyms: wstępny, antenat, przodek

   Antonyms: zstępny, descendent, potomek

Declension

Noun

ascendent m inan

1. (astrology) ascendant

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• ascendent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ascendent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendens.

Noun

ascendent f (plural ascendenți)

1. ascendent

Declension