Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dominating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dominating
adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically
ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating
event of the war in Europe" [syn: {ascendant}, {ascendent}]
2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the
ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the
countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn:
{commanding}, {overlooking}]
3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a
rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the
employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering
peremptory manner" [syn: {autocratic}, {bossy}, {high-and-mighty},
{magisterial}, {peremptory}]
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