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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.
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Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak.
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His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home. --Prior.
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Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a.
Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
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A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw.
Mag.

Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. --
{Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv.
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