Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize.
- intransitive verb To exercise arbitrary or arrogant rule or control.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rule in an overbearing or arrogant manner; have or get the upper hand.
- To give orders or directions in an arrogant, blustering manner; make an overbearing assertion of authority; play the master: often with over.
- Synonyms To tyrannize.
- To swagger, lord it.
- To govern; sway; influence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb 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 .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to
tyrannize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They have coaches who bully and domineer, who abuse them sexually and emotionally.
Katherine Starr: Keep Our Child Athletes Safe Katherine Starr 2012
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Those, indeed, who rule for the public good, are true examples and specimens of his beneficence, while those who domineer unjustly and tyrannically are raised up by him to punish the people for their iniquity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Revolution (?) in Kyrgyzstan 2010
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They have coaches who bully and domineer, who abuse them sexually and emotionally.
Katherine Starr: Keep Our Child Athletes Safe Katherine Starr 2012
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They have coaches who bully and domineer, who abuse them sexually and emotionally.
Katherine Starr: Keep Our Child Athletes Safe Katherine Starr 2012
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Those, indeed, who rule for the public good, are true examples and specimens of his beneficence, while those who domineer unjustly and tyrannically are raised up by him to punish the people for their iniquity.
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They have coaches who bully and domineer, who abuse them sexually and emotionally.
Katherine Starr: Keep Our Child Athletes Safe Katherine Starr 2012
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Those, indeed, who rule for the public good, are true examples and specimens of his beneficence, while those who domineer unjustly and tyrannically are raised up by him to punish the people for their iniquity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Revolution (?) in Kyrgyzstan 2010
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Those, indeed, who rule for the public good, are true examples and specimens of his beneficence, while those who domineer unjustly and tyrannically are raised up by him to punish the people for their iniquity.
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I do not permit a woman to be a teacher, nor must woman domineer over man; she should be quiet.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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If they domineer to the point of suffocating you, stay away.
Deepak Chopra: How to Deal With Difficult (Even Impossible) People 2010
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