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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag. Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. -- {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: domineering adj : tending to domineer [ant: {submissive}]
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