单词 | domineer |
释义 | domineern. A domineering manner or air; imperious swaggering. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] > conduct or behaviour rufflinga1552 swagger1725 domineera1768 a1768 Sir W. Wallace ix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 268/3 The captain..Did answer him in domineer. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks I. i. 4 There was..a selfwill in the modelling of the lips, a domineer in the cut of the nose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). domineerv. 1. a. intransitive. To rule or govern arbitrarily or despotically; to act imperiously; to tyrannize. Now usually (coloured by b), To exercise or assert authority in an overbearing manner, to lord it. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] holec1175 thringc1175 domineer1591 tyrannizea1593 ingrate1600 oppress1611 magistrate1623 tyranny1650 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] > domineer lord1548 to play rex1556 lord1563 to play the rex1570 domineer1591 seniorize1593 lady1600 squire1672 prime1756 rough-ride1835 imperialize1843 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] > tyrannize tyrannizea1513 domineer1591 Nimrodize1614 tyranta1661 sultanize1772 despotize1801 sultan1886 1591 T. Coningsby in Camden Misc. I. 62 They commaund the countrie, and domineer and have their parts in any thing passinge. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 172 A domineering pedant ore the Boy. View more context for this quotation 1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) iii. i. 37 Craft and cunning do so dominere. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. vi. 205 Oligarches, wherein a few rich men domineere. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. viii. 89 The mercantile company which..domineers in the East Indies. View more context for this quotation 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 2 Not..disposed to domineer over his brothers or arrogate to himself a superiority. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) xiv. 354 With a certain conscious despotism he rules, nay domineers, over us. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > be or become arrogant [verb (intransitive)] cock1542 swagger1600 domineer1607 fluster1698 to throw (chuck, etc.) one's weight about or around1917 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 483 In this fashion he domineerd a good time, vntill at last..a stranger..hauing oftentimes seene both lyons and Asses, knew it for an Asse, in a lyons skinne. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 7 He rants, domineers, He swaggers and swears. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 193 When he had the Money in his Purse; He domineer'd and vapour'd. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 23 She does now and then hector a little; and..domineers like the devil. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous revelc1390 ragea1400 roara1450 jet?1518 tirl on the berry?1520 roist1563 roist1574 revel1580 domineer1592 ranta1616 roister1663 scour1673 tory-rory1685 scheme1738 to run the rig1750 gilravagea1760 splore?a1799 spree1859 to go on the (or a) bend1863 to flare up1869 to whoop it up1873 to paint the town (red)1882 razzle1908 to make whoopee1920 boogie1929 to beat it up1933 ball1946 rave1961 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C v Hee can neither traffique with the Mercers and Taylers as he was wont, nor dominere in Tauernes as hee ought. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iv. sig. Dv Let him spend, and spend, and domineere . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 96 Goe to the feast, reuell and domineere..Be madde and merry. View more context for this quotation 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers iv. i. 39 We intend to..roar, and drink bloodily, and domineer in the House. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in amount or degree rixlec1175 domine1474 predominate1594 domineer1602 predomine1605 prevail1612 preponder1624 preponderate1688 reign1715 to tip the balance1956 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. i. sig. I3 O hunger, how thou dominer'st in my guts! 1656 B. Harris in tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age Contin. 283 Infected places, and where the small pocks domineered. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet To suit and mingle our Sallet-Ingredients..and to adjust them that nothing may be suffer'd to domineer. 4. To tower (over, above); = dominate v. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > be in high position [verb (intransitive)] > be above > dominate master1601 domineer1694 predominate1814 tower1863 1694 [implied in: R. Franck Northern Mem. Ded. p. vii Lofty domineering Hills, that over-top'd the Submissive shady Dales. (at domineering adj. 3)]. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 Darnel domineers, And shoots its head above the shining Ears. View more context for this quotation 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 116 Three lofty mountains..which domineer as landmarks over a vast extent of country. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 226 The two trees with the smoky trunks were blighted high up, and the withered branches domineered above the leaves. 5. transitive. a. To govern imperiously, tyrannize over, dominate with absolute sway. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] > domineer over lord1563 overlord?1574 ride1576 overswaya1586 predomineer1594 to set (put) the dice upon1598 lord1671 to ride (also run) roughshod1778 domineer1796 1796 tr. E. Gibbon Jrnl. in Misc. Wks. II. 197 Supposing him domineered by the Metromanie in its utmost force. 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 28 All the bloods it shall absorb and domineer. 1885 Manch. Examiner 7 Oct. 5/1 The people have refused to be domineered by Committees and wirepullers. b. To tower over, ‘command’; = dominate v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy a height over or dominate overstandeOE overview1564 domain1589 command1610 supervise1624 overlook1632 domineer1812 overgaze1816 see1829 dominate1833 rake1842 overbendc1886 1812 R. Wilson Private Diary I. 136 The entrenchments..were domineered within pistol shot. 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician III. iii. ii. 98 The cathedral..situated upon a rock and domineering the whole town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1768v.1591 |
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