Definition of Ascendance

1. Noun. The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. "Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"


Definition of Ascendance

1. Noun. ascendancy; superiority. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ascendance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascendance

ascaridida
ascaridida infections
ascaridoidea
ascaridole
ascaridoles
ascarids
ascaris
ascaris suum
ascaron
ascaroside
ascarosides
ascarylose
ascaunt
ascend
ascendable
ascendance (current term)
ascendances
ascendancies
ascendancy
ascendant
ascendantly
ascendants
ascended
ascendence
ascendences
ascendencies
ascendency
ascendens
ascendent
ascendents

Literary usage of Ascendance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guides Italian Riviera: San Remo, Portofino & Genoa by Amy Finley (2006)
"... ascendance of a Port Town Genoa is - and has been for millennia - a port town, and the nature of a port is to facilitate trade via access to both sea ..."

2. Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and by Emma Roberts (1827)
"... Confederation—Disputes concerning Henry's Marriage—Gloucester's Indignation—ascendance of the Cardinal—Malevolence of Gloucester's Enemies—Persecution ..."

3. Memoirs of General William T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman (1889)
"He was free to express himself as being a man of '' destiny," and his " star " was in the ascendance. I am, etc., LM DAYTON, late Colonel of the Staff, ..."

4. The Motor Gasoline Industry: Past, Present & Future by Robert Schmer (2000)
"ascendance of the Automobile The establishment of the Ford Motor Company in 1903 brought about large-scale production of automobiles and created a huge new ..."

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