Dictionary Check: ascendent
"ascendent" is a valid word!
Scrabble
12
points
Words with Friends
15
points
Definition
adjective
tending or directed upward
Example:
"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"
adjective
most powerful or important or influential
Example:
"the economically ascendant class"
noun
position or state of being dominant or in control
Example:
"that idea was in the ascendant"
noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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