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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner;
- Example: "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
[syn: tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer]


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. [1913 Webster] Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. [1913 Webster] His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

domineer v 1: rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her" [syn: tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer]