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Webster 1913 Edition


Dominate

Dom′i-nate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dominated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dominating
.]
[L.
dominatus
, p. p. of
dominari
to dominate, fr.
dominus
master, lord. See
Dame
, and cf.
Domineer
.]
To predominate over; to rule; to govern.
“A city dominated by the ax.”
Dickens.
We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or
dominated
.
W. Tooke.

Dom′i-nate

,
Verb.
I.
To be dominant.
Hallam.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dominate

DOMINATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. See Dominant.] To rule; to govern; to prevail; to predominate over.
We every where meet the Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated.

DOMINATE

,
Verb.
I.
To predominate. [Little used.]