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  • 11ascendant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) holding a position of increasing status or influence. 2) Astrology (of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) on or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon. ► NOUN Astrology ▪ the ascendant point. ● in the… …

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  • 12Ascendant — As*cend ant, Ascendent As*cend ent, a. 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. [1913 Webster] The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising; ascending. Ruskin. [1913 Webster] 3. Superior; surpassing;… …

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  • 13ascendant — [ə sen′dənt] adj. [OFr < L ascendens, prp. of ascendere, ASCEND] 1. rising; ascending 2. in control; dominant; superior 3. [often A ] Astrol. designating or of the ASCENDANT (n. 3); rising 4. Bot. ASCENDIN …

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  • 14ascendant — late 14c., ascendent, astrological use is earliest, from M.Fr. ascendant (n., adj.) and directly from L. ascendentem (nom. ascendans), prp. of ascendere to mount, ascend, go up (see ASCEND (Cf. ascend)). Sense moving upward, rising is recorded… …

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  • 15The Economist editorial stance — The Economist was first published in September 1843 by James Wilson to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress. This phrase is quoted on its contents… …

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  • 16The Rough Wooing — was a term coined by Sir Walter Scott and H. E. Marshall to describe the Anglo Scottish war pursued intermittently from 1544 to 1551. It followed from the failure of the Scots to honour the terms of the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich, by which the… …

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  • 17The Acacians —     The Acacians     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Acacians     Known also as the HOMOEANS, an Arian ( see Arianism ) sect which first emerged into distinctness as an ecclesiastical party some time before the convocation of the joint Synods of… …

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  • 18house of the ascendant — Etymology: Middle English hous of the ascendent : the first mundane house …

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  • 19lord of the ascendant — a planet whose house is rising in the east …

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  • 20The Feast of the Drowned — Doctorwhobook title=The Feast of the Drowned series=New Series Adventures number=8 featuring=Tenth Doctor Rose, Mickey writer=Stephen Cole publisher=BBC Books isbn=ISBN 0 563 48644 9 set between=New Earth and School Reunion pages=249 date=May… …

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