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–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

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dom·i·neer Audio Help   (dŏm'ə-nîr') Pronunciation Key
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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1588, from Du. domineren "to rule," from M.Fr. dominer, from L. dominari "to rul

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domineer
verb
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her" [syn: tyrannize]

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Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dominating.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by the ax." --Dickens.

We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke.

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