Hypertext Webster Gateway: "domineer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.]
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master;
to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with
conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as,
to domineer over dependents.
Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak.
His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at
home. --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
domineer
v : rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and
autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law
tyrannize her" [syn: {tyrannize}]
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