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reascendance

reascendance noun: a second or subsequent ascendance.

Noun

reascendance (uncountable)

  1. A second or subsequent ascendance.
    • An article on March 1 about Newt Gingrich and his reascendance in the Republican Party misidentified the building in Washington where the Ways and Means Committee was marking up the Democratic stimulus bill in January and where the writer interviewed Eric Cantor, the Republican whip.2009 March 15, “Newt. Again.”, in New York Times

Origin of reascendance

From re- + ascendance.

Questions about reascendance

What does reascendance mean?
Reascendance means a second or subsequent ascendance.
What part of speech is reascendance?
Reascendance is a noun.

Words near reascendance in the dictionary

  1. rearwardmost
  2. rearwardness
  3. rearwards
  4. reas
  5. reascend
  6. reascendance
  7. reascendancy
  8. reascendant
  9. reascended
  10. reascendency
  11. reascendent

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