Domineered

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. [1913 Webster]

Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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