Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Lording.]
   To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or
   despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it
   in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording
   it over their classmates.
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         The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser.
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         I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak.
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         And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton.
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