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dompt, v. rare
[a. F. dompte-r, in OF. danter, donter, later domter:—L. domitāre to overcome, subdue, tame: a doublet of daunt.]
trans. To tame, subdue, reduce to subjection; = daunt v.; also intr. (for refl.). Hence ˈdompting ppl. a.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xi. iii, His evyll herte myght not dompte ne make hym leve hys folye. c1489― Blanchardyn li. 196 He dompted and subdewed them. 1912Galsworthy Inn Tranq. 258 What is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves. 1928V. G. Childe Most Anc. East v. 115 We see a group representing a hero dompting two lions.
Hence ˈdompter, subduer, tamer.
1673O. Walker Educ. (1677) 250 Old Age—that great dompter and mortifier of our passions. |