A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Ascendent, a. [L. ascendent-, ascendens; hence also in e.m.E. (16th c.).] Ascending. —a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 214.
The secund steid [of the sun was] … sum deill ascendent 1513 Doug. i. v. 122 (comment).
The planet Mercur was at disce[n]s, and Jove ascendent
