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Word entry · 9 letters

ascendant

Best crossword clue

"Rising in influence"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /əˈsɛnd(ə)nt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aacdennstStarts with AEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2S3C4E5N6D7A8N9T

Definitions

  1. most powerful or important or influential

Used in a sentence

  • The body [of the dragon] mounts ascendant; / The head before, the tail behind, / The wings, like sails that want a wind, / On either side are pendant.
  • [A]s the proper profile for the curve is that of a tree bough, as we saw above, so the proper arrangement of its farther ornament is that which best expresses rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage.
  • Without some power of persuading or confuting—of defending himself against accusation, or in case of need, accusing others—no man could possibly hold an ascendent position.

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