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111bully — bully1 bullyable, adj. /bool ee/, n., pl. bullies, v., bullied, bullying, adj., interj. n. 1. a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. 2. Archaic. a man hired to do violence. 3 …
112domineering — domineeringly, adv. domineeringness, n. /dom euh near ing/, adj. inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents. [1580 90; DOMINEER + ING2] Syn. arrogant; despotic, oppressive. * * * …
113lord — lordlike, adj. /lawrd/, n. 1. a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler. 2. a person who exercises authority from property rights; an owner of land, houses, etc. 3. a person who is a leader or has great… …
114overlord — overlordship, n. /oh veuhr lawrd /, n. 1. a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one s sovereign and overlord. 2. a person of great influence, authority, power, or the like: the overlords of industry. v.t. 3.… …
115trample — trampler, n. /tram peuhl/, v., trampled, trampling, n. v.i. 1. to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp. 2. to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually fol. by on, upon, or over): to trample on a flower bed. 3. to act in a harsh,… …
116John Quincy Adams: Slavery and the Constitution — ▪ Primary Source The complexity of the issues involved in the debate about the Missouri Compromise is revealed in the selection that appears below from the diary of John Quincy Adams, dated March 3, 1820, only three days before the… …
117Thomas Jefferson: On the Censorship of Religious Books — ▪ Primary Source Behind Jefferson s insistence on the freedom of religious expression lay his more general belief that all censorship was unwise. False theories, he felt, would wither and die if exposed to the light of day, and the… …
118Year of Jubilee (Hebrew) — Year of Jubilee (Hebrew) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Year of Jubilee (Hebrew) According to the Pentateuchal legislation contained in Leviticus, a Jubilee year is the year that follows immediately seven successive Sabbatic years (the… …
119rule — 1 n 1 a: a prescribed guide for conduct or action b: a regulating principle or precept 2 a: an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to… …
120browbeat — verb /ˈbrɑʊ.biːt/ To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way. Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson. Syn: bully, cow, domineer …
