Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendancy.
An ancestor.
A royal heir assuming (a place of power).
The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
Ascent; height; elevation.
Surpassing or controlling.
Rising, moving upward.
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
A vertex having a directed path to another vertex