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(adj) dominating, ascendent
most powerful or important or influential
the economically ascendant class; D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
tending or directed upward
rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage- John Ruskin
(noun) ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
(noun) ascendent
position or state of being dominant or in control
that idea was in the ascendant