in+the+ascendant
1in the ascendant — Increasing in influence, prosperity, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑ascend * * * rising in power or influence the reformers are in the ascendant * * * in the ascendant formal : becoming more powerful : gaining more power The President s party is no… …
2in the ascendant — ► in the ascendant rising in power or influence. Main Entry: ↑ascendant …
3Lord of the ascendant — Ascendant As*cend ant, 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… …
4To be in the ascendant — Ascendant As*cend ant, 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… …
5be in the ascendant — formal phrase to have or gain power or influence over another person, group etc The Left is now in the ascendant. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym Main entry: ascendant …
6be in the ascendant — formal to have or gain power or influence over another person, group etc The Left is now in the ascendant …
7be in the ascendant — index prevail (triumph) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8in the ascendant — rising in power or influence. → ascendant …
9Ascendant — The ascendant ( sign and degree that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event. According to astrological theory, celestial phenomena reflect or determine human activity on the principle of as above so… …
10Ascendant — As*cend ant, 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… …
