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domineer - 4 dictionary results
dom⋅i⋅neer
[dom-uh-neer] 
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 1. | to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize. |
| 2. | to tower; to tower over or above: The castle domineers the town. |
Origin:
1585–95; < D domineren < F dominer < L dominārī, equiv. to domin(us) lord + -ārī inf. suffix
1585–95; < D domineren < F dominer < L dominārī, equiv. to domin(us) lord + -ārī inf. suffix
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| dom·i·neer (dŏm'ə-nîr') v. dom·i·neered, dom·i·neer·ing, dom·i·neers v. tr. To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize. v. intr. To exercise arbitrary or arrogant rule or control. [Dutch domineren, from French dominer, from Latin dominārī, to dominate; see dominate.] |
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Domineer
Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered; p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior.
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domineer
1588, from Du. domineren "to rule," from M.Fr. dominer, from L. dominari "to rul
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