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Dictionary Results for domineering:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
domineering
    adj 1: tending to domineer [ant: submissive]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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