单词 | dominate |
释义 | dominatev. 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). < v.1611 |
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