Ascendant
WordNet
adjective
(1) Most powerful or important or influential
"The economically ascendant class"
"D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
(2) Tending or directed upward
"Rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
noun
(3) Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
(4) Position or state of being dominant or in control
"That idea was in the ascendant"
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Noun
- ascendant
- influence, ascendancy
- L'équipe adverse a repris l'ascendant du match. - The team is again dominated by the adversary.
- ancestry