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lineal
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adjective
arranged in a line
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adjective
(= direct)
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
lineal ancestors
lineal heirs
a direct descendant of the king
direct heredity
ascendant
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adjective
tending or directed upward
rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage
— John Ruskin
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noun
position or state of being dominant or in control
that idea was in the ascendant
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adjective
(= dominating)
most powerful or important or influential
the economically ascendant class
D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
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noun
(= ancestor)
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)