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† preˈdomine, v. Obs.
[app. a. F. prédominer (16th c. in Littré), ad. L. type *prædomināre (which may have been used in med. or 16th c. L.), f. præ, pre- A. + dominārī, later -āre, to be master, rule, f. dominus lord, master.
Like the other words of the group, in early use in Astrology, also in the doctrine of the humours.]
1. intr. = predominate v. 1, 2.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 104 So th' Element in Wine predomining It hot, and cold, and moist, and dry doth bring. 1596Drayton Leg. iv. 399 To my ascendant hasting then to clime, There as the first predomining the time. 1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. Postscr. 4 Shall partialitie so farre predomine with you, that we..must be reputed Apostates? 1678J. Brown Life Faith (1824) I. v. 109 The abounding and predomining of carnal fears.
2. trans. = predominate v. 3.
1720W. Gibson Diet. Horses i. (1731) 2 How far these predomine or influence them, we are much at a loss to know. |