名詞 ascendent:

1. position or state of being dominant or in control
   同義詞：ascendant
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   同義詞：ancestor, ascendant, antecedent, root

形容詞 ascendent:

1. tending or directed upward- John Ruskin
   同義詞：ascendant, ascensive
2. most powerful or important or influential
   同義詞：ascendant, dominating