ascent; height; elevation.-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.-superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.-an ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.-alt. of ascendent