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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dominated}; p. pr & vb n. {Dominating}.] [L. dominatus p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr dominus master, lord. See {Dame}, and cf {Domineer}.] To predominate over to rule to govern. ``A city dominated by the ax.'' --Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dominating adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: {ascendant}, {ascendent}] 2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn: {commanding}, {overlooking}] 3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: {autocratic}, {bossy}, {high-and-mighty}, {magisterial}, {peremptory}]
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