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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ASCEND'ENCY, n. Power; governing or controlling influence.
Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: 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" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control]
Merriam Webster's
noun see ascendancy
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Ascendency As*cend"en*cy, n. Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. --Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. --Watts. Syn: Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
see ascendancy
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. See ascendancy
