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ascendant

/əˈsɛndənt/ adjective C2
  1. Moving upward; ascending, rising.
  2. Controlling, dominant, surpassing. (figuratively)
  3. In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
  4. Rising towards the zenith.
  5. Of a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”).
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