How to pronounce“ascendant”in English
nounin a way taken the brakes off the Iranians. But what we do know is that the the hardliners of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are in the
ascendant. They are the ones in charge now. They're the ones in power. Do you remember, Tristan, we had this conversation prior to this war
and on this program and we discussed what would happen if Trump went to war with Iran.
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Definitions of “ascendant”
Moving upward; ascending, rising.
“[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.”
Controlling, dominant, surpassing.
“In some cases the conquering state contented itself with imposing a tribute on the vanquished: who, being, in consideration of that burthen, freed from the expense and trouble of their own military and naval protection, might enjoy under it a considerable share of economical prosperity, while the ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth, available for purposes of collective luxury or magnificence.”
The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
“[T]hey ſay that Jeſus in his natiuitie, had for his aſcendent, the ſigne of Virgo in her firſt face, as they terme it, […]”
Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
“Towards the end of the session of 1836, the hopes of the Conservative party were again in the ascendant.”
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