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Ascent; height; elevation. [R.] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple.

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne.

Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.] Till I come, give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13.

The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. [Obs.]

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. Milton.

id by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.

One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvæ are usually bores in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.

On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.

A joint defendant. Blackstone.

A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

Agreement; accordance. Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.

Agreement. W. Montagu.

Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant. Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. Sir T. Browne

In a concordant manner.

sted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.

Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

See Contradance. He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. Macualay.