| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Domineer.[Websters]
2. To be oppressed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have prevailed, managed, steered or superintended. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be domesticated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have overpowered, curbed or stupified. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have ruled, wielded or reined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have surpassed or exceeded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have outplayed, vanquished, licked or outweighed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have predominated or reigned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have quelled, stifled or suppressed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb domineer.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (domineer) | 1. Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner.[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: domineering, domineered, domineers, domineerer, domineerers, domineeringly and domineeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DOMINEERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1730. (references) |
Specialty Definition: domineer
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To rule over with insolence or arbitrary sway. To domineer over subjects or servants is evidence of a low mind.. | 2: [Verb] To bluster; to hector; to swell with conscious superiority, or haughtiness. Go to the feast, revel and domineer.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Slang in 1811 | DOMINEER. To reprove or command in an insolent or haughty manner. Don't think as how you shall domineer here. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to tyrannize. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
