<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence</li><li>an ancestor; forebear</li><li>Astrology: the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>ascending; rising</li><li>superior; predominant</li><li>Botany: directed or curved upward</li></ul>