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单词 dominate
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dominatev.

Brit. /ˈdɒmᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɑməˌneɪt/
Etymology: < Latin domināt- participial stem of dominārī to bear rule, govern, lord it, < dominus lord, master: compare French dominer.
1. transitive. To bear rule over, control, sway; to have a commanding influence on; to master.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > have authority over
lordshipc1350
maistriec1400
mastera1425
manc1426
overlordshipc1460
domine1481
to carry the sway of1549
overmastera1557
command1575
swinge1593
monarch1600
dominate1611
dominion1647
dominate1870
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Dominare, to rule, to dominate, to sway.
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 55 Hee that..can dominate his passions.
1775 tr. Spanish Sonnet in R. Twiss Trav. Portugal & Spain App. (T.) He was..dominated by his step-mother.
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians v Her power over him was gone. He had dominated her.
1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1878) iii. 50 The Germans dominate the intellectual world.
2.
a. intransitive. To bear sway, exercise control; to predominate, prevail; to lord over.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > have controlling or prevailing influence
wieldOE
reign1340
sway1586
govern?1592
preside1728
dominate1818
society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > have authority over
lordshipc1350
maistriec1400
mastera1425
manc1426
overlordshipc1460
domine1481
to carry the sway of1549
overmastera1557
command1575
swinge1593
monarch1600
dominate1611
dominion1647
dominate1870
1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. i. 346 Republicanism dominates without and within.
1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iii. 116 This was..dominated over by a small aristocracy of Aryan warriors.
b. Roman Law. Cf. dominant adj. 3.
ΚΠ
a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. l. 845 The parcel of land, the owner or occupier whereof hath the right of servitude is said to dominate over the land from the owner or occupier whereof the corresponding duty is owned.
3.
a. transitive. To ‘command’ as a height; also figurative.
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
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 112 A colossal rock which dominates the whole town.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 420 This hill..dominates the plain, the harbours and the isthmus behind it.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 77 From where, high-throned, they dominate the scene.
b. intransitive. To occupy a commanding position (over).
ΚΠ
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 100 It is indeed the commanding ground of Madrid..but it does not dominate over the town.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. viii. 267 The moraine..rises upon its ridge of ice, and dominates..over the surface of the glacier.

Derivatives

ˈdominated adj.
ΚΠ
1891 Nature 23 July 267 A portion of the dominated trees being removed.
ˈdominating adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > [adjective] > having chief authority
chiefc1330
dominant?1533
dominative1599
dominating1611
uppermost1691
dominatory1816
society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of controlling or predominating influence
regitive?a1425
reigninga1500
reignative1532
overruling1586
predominating1595
hegemonicala1602
regnant1604
dominating1611
ruling1652
presiding1653
hegemonic1656
over-ruly1657
regulant1677
in the ascendanta1698
overriding1830
octopean1896
hegemoniac1959
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 738/1 A Lady, bred vp in a dominating Family.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 229 I..thus conclude my Theme, The dominating Humour makes the Dream.
1885 Athenæum 5 Dec. 725/1 The dominating influences of a particular period.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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