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| | ascendant | (อะเซน'เดินทฺ) n. ตำแหน่งที่ครอง, อิทธิพล, อำนาจ, บรรพบุรุษ. -adj. รุ่งเรือง, มีอำนาจ, ฐานะได้เปรียบ, ก้าวหน้า, มีอิทธิพลเหนือ |
| | | | โด่ง | [dong] (adj) EN: rising ; ascending ; high FR: montant ; haut ; ascendant ; élevé | | หยิ่งยโสหนักขึ้น | [yingyasō nak kheun] (v, exp) EN: be in the ascendant ; prosper ; grow ; germinate ; develop |
| | | | ascendant | (n) position or state of being dominant or in control, Syn. ascendent | | ascendant | (adj) tending or directed upward; - John Ruskin, Syn. ascensive, ascendent | | ascendant | (adj) most powerful or important or influential, Syn. ascendent, dominating | | ancestor | (n) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent), Syn. ascendent, ascendant, antecedent, root, Ant. descendant |
| | Ascendant | n. [ F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere. ] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Hence the phrases
To be in the ascendant, to have commanding power or influence, and
Lord of the ascendant, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the ascendant. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. [ 1913 Webster ] Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ascendent | { } a. 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. [ 1913 Webster ] The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Rising; ascending. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Superior; surpassing; ruling. [ 1913 Webster ] An ascendant spirit over him. South. [ 1913 Webster ] The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ] Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Ascendant |
| | 方兴未艾 | [fāng xīng wèi ài, ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄞˋ, 方 兴 未 艾 / 方 興 未 艾] currently flourishing; rapidly expanding; in the ascendant; still growing strong #33,084 [Add to Longdo] | | 福星高照 | [fú xīng gāo zhào, ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄍㄠ ㄓㄠˋ, 福 星 高 照] lucky star in the ascendant (成语 saw); a lucky sign #91,621 [Add to Longdo] |
| | 旭日昇天 | [きょくじつしょうてん, kyokujitsushouten] (n) full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant [Add to Longdo] | | 直系尊属 | [ちょっけいそんぞく, chokkeisonzoku] (n) lineal ascendant [Add to Longdo] |
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