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| 3 results for domineering | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag. Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. -- {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
