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Domineered

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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domineered

vb. (en-past of: domineer)

Usage examples of "domineered".

Barnett's squad car domineered the roadway, listing to port, weaving as he throbbed.

She's had a loveless life right from the beginning, a life domineered by Great-gran.

Nisida was not one of the weak and timid natures that are broken by suffering or domineered over by tyranny.

In such conferences Mrs Fletcher always domineered,--to perfect contentment of old Lady Wharton, but not equally so to that of her daughter-in-law.

It domineered above them so, that all their bodings, doubts, misgivings, fears, were fain to hide beneath their souls, and not sprout forth a single spear or leaf.